Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae
Alternative combination: Otarion beggi
Full reference: R. P. Tripp. 1954. Caradocian trilobites from the mudstones at Craighead Quarry, near Girvan, Ayrshire. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 62(3):655-693
Belongs to Harpidella according to R. P. Tripp 1980
See also Tripp 1954
Sister taxa: Harpidella (Harpidella), Harpidella isoplates, Harpidella megalops, Harpidella minima, Harpidella occidentalis, Harpidella schrieli, Harpidella tridens
Type specimen: A.3765, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Craighead Quarry, which is in a Caradoc marine mudstone in the Craighead Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Craighead Quarry
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