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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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