Thaleops laurentiana Amati and Westrop 2004 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Invalid subtaxa: Illaenus americanus Billings 1859 [replaced name], Nanillaenus americanus Billings 1859 [replaced name]

Full reference: L. Amati and S. R. Westrop. 2004. A systematic revision of Thaleops (Trilobita: Illaenidae) with new species from the middle and late Ordovician of Oklahoma and New York. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(3):207-256

Belongs to Thaleops according to L. Amati and S. R. Westrop 2004

See also Desbiens and Lespérance 1989 and Ludvigsen 1979

Sister taxa: Thaleops arctura, Thaleops conifrons, Thaleops conradi, Thaleops depressicapitata, Thaleops jaanussoni, Thaleops longispina, Thaleops nunavutica, Thaleops ovata, Thaleops punctata, Thaleops raymondi, Thaleops vindex

Type specimens:

  • Thaleops laurentiana: NYSM 15235
  • Illaenus americanus:

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (2: Minnesota, New York)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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