Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combinations: Acidiphorus brevus, Goniotelina brevus, Goniotelus brevus
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 Goniotelina according to R. A. Fortey and M.L. Droser 1996
See also Brett and Westrop 1996, Hintze 1953 and Whittington 1953
Sister taxa: Acidiphorus brevispicatus, Acidiphorus brighti, Acidiphorus hesperia, Acidiphorus kindlei, Acidiphorus ligo, Acidiphorus lineotuberculatus, Acidiphorus moorei, Acidiphorus rostratus, Acidiphorus scorpionis, Acidiphorus spinifer, Acidiphorus wahwahensis, Acidiphorus whittingtoni, Acidiphorus williamsi, Goniotelina broeggeri, Goniotelina plicolabeonus, Goniotelina ensifer, Goniotelus unicornis
Type specimen: 26481 (AMNH), an exoskeleton (cranidium)
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (3: Utah)
• Tremadoc of Canada (11: Alberta)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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