†Thebanaspis thebana Lütke 1990 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: F. Lütke. 1990. Contributions to a phylogenetical classification of the subfamily Proetinae Salter, 1864 (Trilobita). Senckenbergiana lethaea 71:1-83
Belongs to Thebanaspis according to F. Lütke 1990
Sister taxa: Thebanaspis arsenaulti, Thebanaspis asaphoides, Thebanaspis determinatus, Thebanaspis jefferyi
Type specimen: USNM 78745a. Its type locality is Near Thebes, which is in a Rhuddanian coastal siltstone in the Bowling Green Formation of Illinois.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Near Thebes
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