†Pseudoptyocephalus spinosus Legg 1976 (trilobite)
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Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: D. P. Legg. 1976. Ordovician trilobites and graptolites from the Canning Basin, western Australia. Geologica et Palaeontologica 10:1-58
Belongs to Pseudoptyocephalus according to D. P. Legg 1976
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UWA 71391, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Core 3, Parda No. 1, Canning Basin, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate shale/limestone in the Goldwyer Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Core 3, Parda No. 1, Canning Basin
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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