Oopsites squamosus Fortey 1975 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1975. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162:1-125

Belongs to Oopsites according to R. A. Fortey 1975

Sister taxon: Oopsites hibernicus

Type specimen: PMO NF 1579, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore

Distribution: found only at Zone V2a, Ny Friesland (Ordovician of Norway)

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