Artiopoda - Agnostida - Peronopsidae
Full reference: J. R. Laurie. 2004. Early Middle Cambrian trilobite faunas from NTGS Elkedra 3 corehole, southern Georgina Basin, Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 30:221-260
Belongs to Pentagnostus according to J. R. Laurie 2004
Sister taxa: Pentagnostus (Meragnostus), Pentagnostus admirabilis, Pentagnostus anabarensis, Pentagnostus bonnerensis, Pentagnostus brighamensis, Pentagnostus endemicus, Pentagnostus krusei, Pentagnostus praecurrens, Pentagnostus shabaktensis
Type specimen: CPC 37696, a pygidium. Its type locality is NTGS Diamond Drillhole Elkedra 3. 65.12 m, which is in a Templetonian marine limestone in the Arthur Creek Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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