Trilobita - 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
Type: Telephina hibernicus
Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of Argentina (2 collections)
• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Norway (1)
• Ibexian of Norway (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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