Paradoxides davidis

Taxobox
name = "Paradoxides davidis"
status = Fossil


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Trilobita
ordo = Redlichiida
familia = Paradoxididae
genus = "Paradoxides"
species = "P. davidis"
binomial = "Paradoxides davidis"
binomial_authority = Salter, 1863

"Paradoxides davidis" is a species of trilobite of the Paradoxidae family. "P. davidis" is relatively large compared to other trilobites with adults being 30–70 cm long. Being so large most scientists believe that it was a carnivore often feeding on smaller trilobites. It was first described by J. W. Salter from specimens found near St David's in Pembrokeshire, West Wales [cite journal |quotes=no |journal=Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society |year=1863 |volume=19 |issue=1-2 |pages=274–277 |doi=10.1144/GSL.JGS.1863.019.01-02.28 |title=On the Discovery of "Paradoxides" in Britain |author=J. W. Salter |url=http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/19/1-2/274 |format=abstract |doi_brokendate=2008-06-23] .

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