Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
Parent taxon: Telephina according to Marek 1952
Sister taxa: Telephina americanus, Telephina angulata, Telephina fractus, Telephina matchensis, Telephina salteri, Telephus troedssoni, Telephus wegelini
Subtaxa: Telephina (Telephina) americana Telephina (Telephina) angulata Telephina (Telephina) bicuspis Telephina (Telephina) bilunata Telephina (Telephina) bipunctata Telephina (Telephina) buttsi Telephina (Telephina) chinensis Telephina (Telephina) fracta Telephina (Telephina) furnesensis Telephina (Telephina) gelasinosa Telephina (Telephina) hibernica Telephina (Telephina) hircina Telephina (Telephina) impuctata Telephina (Telephina) intermedia Telephina (Telephina) lata Telephina (Telephina) mobergi Telephina (Telephina) mysticensis Telephina (Telephina) norvegica Telephina (Telephina) pacifica Telephina (Telephina) prattensis Telephina (Telephina) pustulata Telephina (Telephina) reedi Telephina (Telephina) simulator Telephina (Telephina) sinuata Telephina (Telephina) skjesethi Telephina (Telephina) spinifera Telephina (Telephina) sulcata Telephina (Telephina) tellicoensis Telephina (Telephina) transversa Telephina (Telephina) troedssoni Telephina (Telephina) ulrichi Telephina (Telephina) vesca Telephina (Telephina) viriosa Telephina (Telephina) wegelini
Type: Telephus fractus
Ecology: nektonic microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Norway (13 collections), Sweden (2)
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Whiterockian of Canada (8: Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Ordovician of Ireland (2), Italy (1), Norway (4), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Maine)
Total: 36 collections including 52 occurrences