Artiopoda - Olenida - Olenidae
Full reference: P. M. Smith, I. Schoon, L. J. Hart, R. D. C. Bicknell, M. J. Hopkins and Y. Y. Zhen. 2024. Significance of a Late Ordovician Triarthrus (Trilobita, Olenidae) from New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 146:57-69
Belongs to Triarthrus according to P. M. Smith et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Triarthrus akkermensis, Triarthrus becki, Triarthrus beckii, Triarthrus billingsi, Triarthrus canadensis, Triarthrus eatoni, Triarthrus freji, Triarthrus glaber, Triarthrus humilis, Triarthrus jachalensis, Triarthrus jemtlandicus, Triarthrus latissimus, Triarthrus linnarssoni, Triarthrus rougensis, Triarthrus sichuanensis, Triarthrus skutensis, Triarthrus spinosus, Triarthrus turkestanicus
Type specimen: MMF 47648B, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Charleville Road, Canobolas State Forest, which is in a Bolindian offshore shelf siltstone in the Malachis Hill Formation of Australia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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