†Mezzaluna tatavrudensis Karim 2009 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: T. S. Karim. 2009. Late Ordovician trilobites from northwest Iran and their biogeographical affinities. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 99:101-124
Belongs to Mezzaluna according to T. S. Karim 2009
Sister taxa: Mezzaluna incredibilis, Mezzaluna xeelee
Type specimen: It. 26636, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is CJ 10/2, which is in an Actonian/Cautleyan carbonate limestone in Iran.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Iran (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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