Amphitryon constrictus Wei et al. 2023 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Full reference: X. Wei, K. Wang, Z. Zhou, Y. Cui, Z. Zhang and J. Liu. 2023. A new late Katian (Late Ordovician) trilobite association from Zhenxiong, northeastern Yunnan, Southwest China and its palaeoecological implications. Palaeoworld 32:333-353

Belongs to Amphitryon according to X. Wei et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Amphitryon murchisoni, Amphitryon murchisonii

Type specimen: NIGP175949, a pygidium. Its type locality is YZMM-0, which is in a Katian deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Daduhe Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at YZMM-0

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