Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1974. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. I. Olenidae. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 160:1-129
Belongs to Hypermecaspis according to R. A. Fortey 1974
Sister taxa: Hypermecaspis alveus, Hypermecaspis armata, Hypermecaspis asiatica, Hypermecaspis branisai, Hypermecaspis bulmani, Hypermecaspis chamarrensis, Hypermecaspis edselbrussai, Hypermecaspis inermis, Hypermecaspis kolouros, Hypermecaspis latigena, Hypermecaspis mimitis, Hypermecaspis occidentalis, Hypermecaspis rugosa, Hypermecaspis venerabilis, Hypermecaspis venulosa
Type specimen: SMA 84072, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Norway (2 collections)
• Ibexian of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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