Aphelaspis quadrata Resser 1938 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Cambrian System (restricted) of the southern Appalachians. 15:1-131

Belongs to Aphelaspis according to F. Rasetti 1965

See also Resser 1938

Sister taxa: Aphelaspis arsoides, Aphelaspis australis, Aphelaspis brachyphasis, Aphelaspis buttsi, Aphelaspis camiro, Aphelaspis constricta, Aphelaspis granulata, Aphelaspis haguei, Aphelaspis inermis, Aphelaspis longifrons, Aphelaspis longispina, Aphelaspis spinosa, Aphelaspis subditus, Aphelaspis tarda, Aphelaspis tumifrons, Aphelaspis walcotti, Labiostria sigmoidalis, Labiostria gibbae, Labiostria conveximarginata, Labiostria westropi

Type specimen: USNM 94924

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nolichucky Fm (Cambrian of Virginia)

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