Leptoplastides granulosus Harrington 1938 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Alternative combination: Protopeltura granulosa

Full reference: H. J. Harrington. 1938. Sobre las faunas del Ordoviciano Inferior del norte argentino. Revista del Museo de La Plata, n. s. 1 (Sección Paleontología) 109-289

Belongs to Leptoplastides according to B. G. Waisfeld and N. E. Vaccari 2003

See also Monti 2018

Sister taxa: Leptoplastides argentinensis, Leptoplastides coniunctus, Leptoplastides depressus, Leptoplastides irae, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides marianus, Leptoplastides nodifer, Leptoplastides salteri, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Beltella versimilis

Type specimen: CPBA 679

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Argentina (8 collections), Bolivia (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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