Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross and H. B. Barnes. 1967. Some Middle Ordovician Brachiopods and Trilobites from the Basin Ranges, Western United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 523-D:D1-D4
Belongs to Carolinites according to R. J., Jr. Ross and H. B. Barnes 1967
Sister taxa: Carolinites ekphymosus, Carolinites genacinaca, Carolinites ichangensis, Carolinites killaryensis, Carolinites macrophthalma, Carolinites rugosus, Carolinites sibiricus, Carolinites tasmaniensis
Type specimen: USNM 145730, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is D 727 CO, which is in a Rangerian shallow subtidal limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at D 727 CO
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