Lecanopleura punctata Rasetti 1946 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1946. Early Upper Cambrian Trilobites from Western Gaspé. Journal of Paleontology 20(5):442-462

Belongs to Lecanopleura according to F. Rasetti 1946

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Laval Univ. 1026 a-c. Its type locality is G-28 Grosse-Roches, Gaspé Peninsula, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Grosses-Roches Formation of Canada.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at G-28 Grosse-Roches, Gaspé Peninsula

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