Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combinations: Goniotelina brighti, Goniotelus brighti
Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.
Belongs to Acidiphorus according to K. D. Brett and S. R. Westrop 1996
See also Hintze 1953 and Whittington 1953
Sister taxa: Acidiphorus brevispicatus, Acidiphorus hesperia, Acidiphorus kindlei, Acidiphorus ligo, Acidiphorus lineotuberculatus, Acidiphorus moorei, Acidiphorus rostratus, Acidiphorus scorpionis, Acidiphorus spinifer, Acidiphorus wahwahensis, Acidiphorus whittingtoni, Acidiphorus williamsi, Goniotelina ensifer, Goniotelina broeggeri, Goniotelina plicolabeonus, Goniotelina brevis, Goniotelus unicornis
Type specimen: 26476 (AMNH), a pygidium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Utah collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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