Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Synonym: Isotelus platymarginatus Raymond 1910
Belongs to Isotelus according to P. E. Raymond 1905
See also Shaw 1968
Sister taxa: Isotelus aktchokensis, Isotelus bradleyi, Isotelus copenhagenensis, Isotelus frognoensis, Isotelus giganteus, Isotelus gigas, Isotelus iowensis, Isotelus kimmswickensis, Isotelus maximus, Isotelus megistos, Isotelus parvirugosus, Isotelus platyrhachis, Isotelus rejuvenis, Isotelus rex, Isotelus simplex, Isotelus skapaneidos, Isotelus susae, Isotelus violaensis, Isotelus walcotti, Homotelus stincharensis, Homotelus florencevillensis, Homotelus elongatus, Homotelus ulrichi, Homotelus gratiosus, Homotelus stegops, Homotelus laeviurus, Homotelus catactus, Homotelus indentus, Homotelus laevis
Type specimens:
- Isotelus harrisi: YPM 23297 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
- Isotelus platymarginatus:
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (16: Northwest Territories, Quebec collections), United States (9: New York, Vermont)
• Chazyan of United States (47: New York)
Total: 72 collections each including a single occurrence
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