Telephina Marek 1952 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Synonym: Telephus Barrande 1852

Parent taxon: Telephinidae according to A. W. Owen and D. L. Bruton 1980

See also Fortey 1975, Jell and Adrain 2002, Nikolaisen 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Warburg 1925

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

Subtaxa: Telephina (Telephina) Telephina americanus Telephina angulata Telephina fractus Telephina salteri Telephus troedssoni Telephus wegelini

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Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1), Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (33), the Czech Republic (1), Ireland (3), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), Norway (27), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (11), the United Kingdom (5), United States (3: Maine, Nevada, Virginia)

• Llandeilo of China (4), the United Kingdom (1)

• Whiterockian of Canada (8: Newfoundland and Labrador)

Total: 108 collections including 136 occurrences

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