Artiopoda - Proetida - Telephinidae
Full reference: D. P. Legg. 1976. Ordovician trilobites and graptolites from the Canning Basin, western Australia. Geologica et Palaeontologica 10:1-58
Belongs to Carolinites according to D. P. Legg 1976
Sister taxa: Carolinites ekphymosus, Carolinites genacinaca, Carolinites ichangensis, Carolinites indentus, Carolinites killaryensis, Carolinites macrophthalma, Carolinites rugosus, Carolinites sibiricus, Carolinites tasmaniensis
Type specimen: UWA 71397, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Core 14, McLarty No. 1, Canning Basin, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate shale/limestone in the Goldwyer Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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