Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae
Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1965. Upper Cambrian trilobite faunas of Northeastern Tennessee. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 148:1-127
Belongs to Aphelaspis according to F. Rasetti 1965
Sister taxa: Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis camiro, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis inermis, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis quadrata, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis tarda, Aphelaspis tumifrons, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria westropi
Type specimen: USNM 144677. Its type locality is cns/2. Shields Ridge, which is in a Steptoean carbonate limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Tennessee.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (5: Tennessee, Utah collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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