Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
Full reference: M. D. G. Carvalho and J. Moody. 2000. A Middle Devonian Trilobite Assemblage from Venezuela. American Museum Novitates (3292)1-15
Belongs to Rhenops according to M. D. G. Carvalho and J. Moody 2000
Sister taxon: Rhenops hammerschmidti
Type specimen: MBLUZ P-987, a cephalon/head (cephalon). Its type locality is 260 meters, Perija Mountains section, between 1.2 and 2.5 km, north of Hacienda El Reposo, high, eastern flank of the upper valley formed by Caño Colorado, northern tributary of Rio Palmar in the Perijá Mountains, which is in a Givetian marine siltstone in the Cano del Oeste Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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