Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: L. Amati. 2014. Isoteline trilobites of the Viola Group (Ordovician: Oklahoma): systematics and stratigraphic occurrence. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 151:1-125
Belongs to Isotelus according to L. Amati 2014
Sister taxa: Isotelus aktchokensis, Isotelus bearsi, Isotelus beta, Isotelus bradleyi, Isotelus copenhagenensis, Isotelus frognoensis, Isotelus giganteus, Isotelus gigas, Isotelus harrisi, Isotelus iowensis, Isotelus kimmswickensis, Isotelus maximus, Isotelus megistos, Isotelus obtusum, Isotelus parvirugosus, Isotelus platyrhachis, Isotelus rejuvenis, Isotelus rex, Isotelus simplex, Isotelus skapaneidos, Isotelus susae, Isotelus walcotti, Homotelus florencevillensis, Homotelus laevis, Homotelus gratiosus, Homotelus stincharensis, Homotelus catactus, Homotelus stegops, Homotelus indentus, Homotelus ulrichi, Homotelus elongatus, Homotelus laeviurus
Type specimen: OU 11782, a cephalon/head (exfoliated cranidium). Its type locality is 99-48. U.S. Highway 99 Section, which is in a Turinian carbonate limestone in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Iowa/Wisconsin, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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