Formonia globigenata Richter 1913 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: R. Richter. 1913. Betiräge zur Kenntnis devonischer Trilobiten. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 31:341-393

Belongs to Formonia according to M. Basse and U. Lemke 2011

Sister taxa: Formonia formosa, Formonia scheldana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Roter Cephalopodenkalk Beds. Sessacker near Oberscheld, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Budesheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Formonia globigenata in the database

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