Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari. 2009. Trilobites from the Suri Formation (Lower Ordovician: Floian), Famatina Belt, Argentina. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 37:407-426
Belongs to Hypermecaspis according to B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari 2009
Sister taxa: Hypermecaspis alveus, Hypermecaspis armata, Hypermecaspis asiatica, Hypermecaspis branisai, Hypermecaspis brevifrons, Hypermecaspis bulmani, Hypermecaspis chamarrensis, Hypermecaspis inermis, Hypermecaspis kolouros, Hypermecaspis latigena, Hypermecaspis mimitis, Hypermecaspis occidentalis, Hypermecaspis rugosa, Hypermecaspis venerabilis, Hypermecaspis venulosa
Type specimen: CEGH-UNC 23867, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Saladillo Chico Creek QS 15, which is in a Floian marine shale in Argentina.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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