Llanoaspis modesta Lochman 1938 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Llanoaspididae

Full reference: C. Lochman. 1938. Upper Cambrian faunas of the Cap Mountain Formation of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 12:72 -85

Belongs to Llanoaspis according to C. Lochman 1938

Sister taxon: Llanoaspis convexifrons

Type specimen: USNM 95522, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is outcrops along east road at Fredonia, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Cap Mountain Formation of Texas.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Yukon collections), United States (8: Texas)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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