Ptychopleurites carinata Rasetti 1944 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Alternative combination: Aposolenopleura carinata

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1944. Upper Cambrian trilobites from the Levis Conglomerate. Journal of Paleontology 18(3):229-258

Belongs to Ptychopleurites according to R. Ludvigsen et al. 1989

See also Rasetti 1944

Sister taxa: Ptychopleurites dunbari, Aposolenopleura platyfrons

Type specimen: Laval Univ1118, a cephalon/head.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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