Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combination: Andesaspis argentinensis
Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1935. On the Kainella fauna of the basal Ordovician age found in Argentina. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 12(1):59-67
Belongs to Leptoplastides according to D. S. Monti 2018
See also Kobayashi 1935, Tortello and Esteban 2016 and Waisfeld and Vaccari 2003
Sister taxa: Leptoplastides coniunctus, Leptoplastides depressus, Leptoplastides granulosus, Leptoplastides irae, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides marianus, Leptoplastides nodifer, Leptoplastides salteri, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Beltella versimilis
Type specimen: USNM PAL 94138 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (2), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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