†Funeralaspis Adrain and Pérez-Peris 2023 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Full reference: J. M. Adrain and F. Pérez-Peris. 2023. Funeralaspis n. gen.: a new odontopleurine trilobite from the early Middle Ordovician (Dapingian) of Death Valley, eastern California, USA, and the classification of Ordovician odontopleurines. Zootaxa 5336(4):509-529

Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to J. M. Adrain and F. Pérez-Peris 2023

Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Charybdaspis, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Kettneraspis, Leonaspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis

Subtaxa: Funeralaspis deathvalleyensis

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Type: Funeralaspis deathvalleyensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: California, Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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