Cyphaspis foumzguidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Full reference: A.P. Van Viersen and D. Holland. 2016. Morphological trends and new species of Cyphaspis (Trilobita, Otarioninae) in the Devonian of Morocco, Turkey, Germany and Belgium. Geologica Belgica 19:251-271

Belongs to Cyphaspis according to A.P. Van Viersen and D. Holland 2016

Sister taxa: Cyphaspis advena, Cyphaspis agayuara, Cyphaspis akkae, Cyphaspis barrandei, Cyphaspis bluhmi, Cyphaspis boninoi, Cyphaspis brevimarginatus, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmoides, Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus, Cyphaspis convexum, Cyphaspis dabrowni, Cyphaspis eberhardiei, Cyphaspis eximia, Cyphaspis globosus, Cyphaspis hamidi, Cyphaspis heisingi, Cyphaspis heissae, Cyphaspis hoepfneri, Cyphaspis hydrocephala, Cyphaspis ihmadii, Cyphaspis juergenhollandi, Cyphaspis khraidensis, Cyphaspis kippingi, Cyphaspis lacrimara, Cyphaspis lerougei, Cyphaspis maharchensis, Cyphaspis rommersheimensis, Cyphaspis slocomi, Cyphaspis smeenki, Cyphaspis tadachachtensis, Cyphaspis unguloides, Cyphaspis walteri

Type specimen: IRSNB a12996, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Foum Zguid locality, top of Timrhanrhart Fm., which is in an Eifelian carbonate horizon in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Foum Zguid locality, top of Timrhanrhart Fm.

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