Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen. 1976. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites from the South Nahanni River Area, District of Mackenzie, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 154(1-3):1-106
Belongs to Isotelus according to B. D. E. Chatterton and R. Ludvigsen 1976
Sister taxa: Isotelus aktchokensis, Isotelus bradleyi, Isotelus copenhagenensis, Isotelus frognoensis, Isotelus giganteus, Isotelus gigas, Isotelus harrisi, Isotelus iowensis, Isotelus kimmswickensis, Isotelus maximus, Isotelus megistos, Isotelus platyrhachis, Isotelus rejuvenis, Isotelus rex, Isotelus simplex, Isotelus skapaneidos, Isotelus susae, Isotelus violaensis, Isotelus walcotti, Homotelus stegops, Homotelus indentus, Homotelus laeviurus, Homotelus florencevillensis, Homotelus elongatus, Homotelus catactus, Homotelus stincharensis, Homotelus gratiosus, Homotelus laevis, Homotelus ulrichi
Type specimen: GSC 43349, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Northwest Territories collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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