Gerastos couvinensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2010 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher. 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 80:5-45

Belongs to Gerastos according to A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMM 2009070, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Couvinoise quarry, which is in an Eifelian/Givetian marine limestone in the Hanonet Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Couvinoise quarry

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