Quadratispina excelsa Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen and W. Vanherle. 2018. The rise and fall of Late Devonian (Frasnian) trilobites from Belgium: taxonomy, biostratigraphy and events. Geologica Belgica 21:73-94

Belongs to Quadratispina according to A. P. Van Viersen and W. Vanherle 2018

Sister taxa: Neocalmonia (Quadratispina) quadratispinosa, Quadratispina asturica, Quadratispina hispanica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc123. disused quarry just northwest of Emines, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Bovesse Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Loc123. disused quarry just northwest of Emines

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