Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Full reference: A. H. Worthen. 1884. Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea, fifty-one species of Mollusca, and three species of Crinoids, from the Carboniferous formations of Illinois and adjacent states. Bulletin of the Illinois State Museum of Natural History 2:1-27
Belongs to Lepetopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Thein and Nitecki 1974, Worthen 1884 and Worthen 1890
Sister taxa: Lepetopsis anthracophila, Lepetopsis artiensis, Lepetopsis capitanensis, Lepetopsis franae, Lepetopsis haworthi, Lepetopsis levettei, Lepetopsis peregrina, Lepetopsis petasus, Lepetopsis petricola, Lepetopsis phillipsi, Lepetopsis retrorsa, Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis, Lepetopsis taxiensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Locality 12. North side of creek, 8 miles southwest of Vienna (Carboniferous of Illinois)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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