Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1956. Silicified Middle Ordovician trilobites: the Odontopleuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 114(6):155-288
Parent taxon: Apianurinae according to A. W. Owen and D. A. T. Harper 1982
See also Bruton 1965, Bruton 1966, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981, Owen and Bruton 1980, Owens and Fortey 2009 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boedaspis, Calipernurus
Subtaxa: Apianurus abietinus Apianurus asklundi Apianurus barbatus Apianurus clevei Apianurus furcata Apianurus glaber Apianurus kuckersianus Apianurus narrawayi Apianurus parabarbatus Apianurus thorslundi Apianurus vikarbyensis
Type: Apianurus barbatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (6: New York, Vermont collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (10: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Estonia (2), Norway (11), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (7), United States (7: Oklahoma, Virginia)
Total: 46 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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