Morzadecops matutina Gandl 1972 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Alternative combinations: Metacanthina aequisulcata matutina, Pilletina aequisulcata matutina, Pilletina matutina

Full reference: J. Gandl. 1972. Die Acastavinae und Asteropyginae (Trilobita) Keltiberiens (NE-Spanien). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 530:1-184

Belongs to Morzadecops according to A. Bignon and C. Crônier 2014

See also Gandl 1972, Smeenk 1983 and Wagner 2020

Sister taxon: Morzadecops zguidensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at P5. quarry along the southern border of the Requejada Lake (Devonian of Spain)

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