Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combinations: Leptoplastoides salteri, Leptoplastus salteri, Olenus salteri
Synonyms: Beltella spinifera Lake 1932, Leptoplastides spinifera Lake 1932
Full reference: C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672
Belongs to Leptoplastides according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Callaway 1877, Fortey and Owens 1991, Henningsmoen 1957 and Stubblefield and Bulman 1927
Sister taxa: Leptoplastides argentinensis, Leptoplastides coniunctus, Leptoplastides depressus, Leptoplastides granulosus, Leptoplastides irae, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides marianus, Leptoplastides nodifer, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Beltella versimilis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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