Oopsites Fortey 1975 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Telephinidae

Full reference: R. A. Fortey. 1975. The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation. Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162:1-125

Parent taxon: Telephinidae according to R. A. Fortey 1975

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carolinites, Carrickiinae, Goniophrys, Opipeuter, Opipeuteridae, Phorocephala, Pyraustocranium, Telephina

Subtaxa: Oopsites hibernicus Oopsites squamosus

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Type: Telephina hibernicus

Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Billingen of Norway (1 collection)

• Arenig of Argentina (2)

• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Norway (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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