Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: R. A. Fortey and R. M. Owens. 1978. Early Ordovician (Arenig) stratigraphy and faunas of the Carmarthen District, southwest Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 30(3):225-294
Belongs to Hypermecaspis according to Fortey and Owens 1978
Sister taxa: Hypermecaspis alveus, Hypermecaspis armata, Hypermecaspis asiatica, Hypermecaspis branisai, Hypermecaspis brevifrons, Hypermecaspis bulmani, Hypermecaspis chamarrensis, Hypermecaspis edselbrussai, Hypermecaspis inermis, Hypermecaspis kolouros, Hypermecaspis latigena, Hypermecaspis mimitis, Hypermecaspis occidentalis, Hypermecaspis rugosa, Hypermecaspis venulosa
Type specimen: GSM 26062, a cephalon/head (cranidiium). Its type locality is Allt Pen-y-Coed, 5D (Survey loc. EA5). 500 m at 171° from Pont Pibwr, which is in a Moridunian submarine fan shale/sandstone in the Carmarthen Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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