Reedops albertii Sandford 2005 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Full reference: A. C. Sandford. 2005. Early Devonian phacopid trilobites from Seville, Australia. Phacopidae of Victoria, Part 4 . Alcheringa 29(1):1-28

Belongs to Reedops according to A. C. Sandford 2005

Sister taxa: Reedops bronni, Reedops cephalotes, Reedops decorus, Reedops intermedius, Reedops limespragensis, Reedops maurulus, Reedops pembertoni, Reedops platilegnotor, Reedops prospicens, Reedops sternbergi, Reedops struveianus

Type specimen: P307138. Its type locality is PL1837 (G37, 'Seville Limestone Quarry', which is in a Pragian shallow subtidal limestone in the Yeringberg Formation of Australia.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at PL1837 (G37, 'Seville Limestone Quarry'

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