Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Full reference: R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

Parent taxon: Pelturinae according to R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor 1968

See also Jell and Adrain 2002

Sister taxa: Anaximander, Chungkingaspis, Leptoplastides, Psilocara, Svalbardites

Subtaxa: Leurostega aphelix

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Type: Leurostega aphelix

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USNM 16002b, Tinu Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico - Robison and Pantoja-Alor 1968 (Ordovician of Mexico)

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