†Gerastos couvinensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2010 (trilobite)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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