Isoteloides canalis Whitfield 1886 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Alternative combinations: Asaphus canalis, Isotelus canalis

Synonyms: Isoteloides latimarginatus Fortey 1979, Isoteloides whitfieldi Raymond 1910

Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1886. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1(8):24-35

Belongs to Isoteloides according to K. D. Brett and S. R. Westrop 1996

See also Fortey 1979, Raymond 1905 and Whitfield 1886

Sister taxa: Isoteloides flexus, Isoteloides peri, Isoteloides polaris, Isoteloides saxosimontis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Ontario collection), United States (1: New York)

• Arenig of United States (3: New York, Vermont)

• Ordovician of Canada (9: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), United States (1: New York)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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