Leptoplastides ulrichi Kayser 1897 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Alternative combination: Beltella ulrichi

Synonyms: Beltella convexa Tomczykowa 1968, Beltella rotundata Tomczykowa 1968

Belongs to Leptoplastides according to A. Zylinska 2001

See also Harrington and Leanza 1957

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

Type specimens:

  • Leptoplastides ulrichi: MACN no4335, a cephalon/head (cranidium).
  • Beltella convexa:
  • Beltella rotundata:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Tremadoc of Argentina (7 collections), Bolivia (1)

• Cambrian of Argentina (8), Norway (3), Poland (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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