Artiopoda - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Alternative combination: Goniotelus ludificatus
Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.
Belongs to Pseudoolenoides according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2012
See also Fortey and Droser 1996 and Hintze 1953
Sister taxa: Pseudoolenoides acicaudus, Pseudoolenoides aspinosus, Pseudoolenoides carterensis, Pseudoolenoides derbyi, Pseudoolenoides dilectus, Pseudoolenoides oilcreekensis, Pseudoolenoides pogonipensis
Type specimen: 26498 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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