Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Full reference: L. Amati and S. R. Westrop. 2004. A systematic revision of Thaleops (Trilobita: Illaenidae) with new species from the middle and late Ordovician of Oklahoma and New York. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(3):207-256
Belongs to Thaleops according to L. Amati and S. R. Westrop 2004
Sister taxa: Thaleops arctura, Thaleops conifrons, Thaleops conradi, Thaleops depressicapitata, Thaleops laurentiana, Thaleops longispina, Thaleops nunavutica, Thaleops ovata, Thaleops punctata, Thaleops raymondi, Thaleops vindex
Type specimen: OU 11750, an exoskeleton
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Oklahoma)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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