Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 177409

Full reference: R. J. Ross, Jr. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99

Belongs to Peraspis according to R. J. Ross 1970

Sister taxa: Peraspis kolouros, Peraspis lineolata, Peraspis omega, Peraspis yukonensis

Type specimen: USNM 160869, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore