Irvingella platycephala Rusconi 1953 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Belongs to Irvingella according to M. F. Tortello 2020

Sister taxa: Irvingella angustilimbata, Irvingella convexa, Irvingella flohri, Irvingella jorusconii, Irvingella major, Irvingella norilica, Irvingella perfecta, Irvingella taitzuhoensis, Irvingella transversa, Irvingella tropica, Komaspis (Parakomaspis)

Type specimen: MCNAM 17004, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Oblicua, San Isidro (Cambrian of Argentina)

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