Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae
Alternative combination: Beltella nodifer
Full reference: A. W. A. Rushton. 1982. The biostratigraphy and correlation of Merioneth-Tremadoc Series boundary in North Wales. The Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary: Sections, fossil distributions, and correlations 3:41-60
Belongs to Leptoplastides according to A. Zylinska 2001
See also Rushton 1982
Sister taxa: Leptoplastides argentinensis, Leptoplastides coniunctus, Leptoplastides depressus, Leptoplastides granulosus, Leptoplastides irae, Leptoplastides latus, Leptoplastides marianus, Leptoplastides salteri, Leptoplastides ulrichi, Beltella versimilis
Type specimen: RU9327, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cambrian of the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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