Trilobita - 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 copenhagenensis, Isotelus frognoensis, Isotelus giganteus, Isotelus gigas, Isotelus harrisi, Isotelus iowensis, Isotelus kimmswickensis, Isotelus maximus, Isotelus megistos, Isotelus parvirugosus, Isotelus platyrhachis, Isotelus rejuvenis, Isotelus rex, Isotelus simplex, Isotelus skapaneidos, Isotelus susae, Isotelus violaensis, Isotelus walcotti, Homotelus gratiosus, Homotelus indentus, Homotelus elongatus, Homotelus stegops, Homotelus laeviurus, Homotelus catactus, Homotelus florencevillensis, Homotelus laevis, Homotelus stincharensis, Homotelus ulrichi
Type specimen: OU 11796, a cephalon/head (small, mostly exfoliated cranidium missing one posterior fixigena and palpebral lobe;). Its type locality is 99-13. U.S. Highway 99 Section, which is in a Turinian carbonate wackestone/floatstone in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore-detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Missouri, Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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