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Diacanthaspis lepidus

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Diacanthaspis lepidus was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 116518a-c]. Its type specimen is USNM 116517, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ¼ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. biaculeatus, D. thorsteinssoni