Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Named for Kermit the Frog, who this species resembles when enrolled
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 Anataphrus according to L. Amati 2014
Sister taxa: Anataphrus borraeus, Anataphrus martinensis, Anataphrus megalophrys, Anataphrus spurius
Type specimen: OU 11889, a cephalon/head (nearly complete, enrolled individual). Its type locality is 77-218. Roadcut along east side of U.S. Highway 77, about 17 km south of Davis, which is in an Edenian carbonate rudstone in the Viola Springs Formation of Oklahoma.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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