Bienvillia australis Rusconi 1951 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae

Full reference: C. Rusconi. 1951. Trilobitas cámbricos del Cerro Pelado (Mendoza). Boletín Paleontológico de Buenos Aires 24:1-4

Belongs to Bienvillia according to C. Rusconi 1951

Sister taxa: Bienvillia angelini, Bienvillia brevica, Bienvillia cavernosa, Bienvillia chaya, Bienvillia corax, Bienvillia eurekensis, Bienvillia grandis, Bienvillia inkouensis, Bienvillia jana, Bienvillia jiangshanensis, Bienvillia kichka, Bienvillia lata, Bienvillia papulosa, Bienvillia parchaensis, Bienvillia praecalva, Bienvillia rectifrons, Bienvillia shinetonensis, Bienvillia stikta, Bienvillia tetragonalis, Mendoparabolina brevicauda, Mendoparabolina pirquinensis

Type specimen: MCNAM 9695, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Pelado (Cambrian of Argentina)

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