Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combinations: Goniotelina wahwahensis, Goniotelus wahwahensis
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 brighti, Acidiphorus hesperia, Acidiphorus kindlei, Acidiphorus ligo, Acidiphorus lineotuberculatus, Acidiphorus moorei, Acidiphorus rostratus, Acidiphorus scorpionis, Acidiphorus spinifer, Acidiphorus whittingtoni, Acidiphorus williamsi, Goniotelus unicornis, Goniotelina plicolabeonus, Goniotelina brevis, Goniotelina ensifer, Goniotelina broeggeri
Type specimen: 26485 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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