30491 - Rare 0.76 Inch Leonaspis chacaltayana Silurian Trilobite - Bolivia

† Leonaspis, Richter and Richter 1917 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Odontopleuridae

 
PaleoDB taxon number: 19814

Synonym: Acanthalomina (taxon 122150)

Parent taxon: Odontopleurinae according to D. L. Bruton 1967

See also Bruton 1966, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1956

Sister taxa: Acidaspis, Anacaenaspis, Dalaspis, Diacanthaspis, Edgecombeaspis, Kettneraspis, Odontopleura, Primaspis, Radiaspis

Subtaxa: Acanthaloma, Leonaspis acarescola, Leonaspis angelini, Leonaspis centrina, Leonaspis clavatus, Leonaspis crenata, Leonaspis haddanei, Leonaspis jenkinsi, Leonaspis leonhardi, Leonaspis lothiana, Leonaspis marklini, Leonaspis muldensis, Leonaspis mutica, Leonaspis olini, Leonaspis rattei, Leonaspis spinicurva, Leonaspis varbolensis, Leonaspis wellingtonensis

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Type: Odontopleura leonhardi

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: marine (61 collections), offshore shelf (13), deep subtidal (12), shallow subtidal (6), offshore (5), carbonate (5), reef, buildup or bioherm (3), deep subtidal shelf (3), deep subtidal ramp (2), slope (2), (1), lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal (1), basinal (carbonate) (1), basinal (siliceous) (1), transition zone/lower shoreface (1), shoreface (1), open shallow subtidal (1)

Age range: 460.9 to 383.7 Ma

Distribution:

• Daleje of the Czech Republic (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (2), Bolivia (1), Canada (10: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), the Czech Republic (36), France (5), Germany (5), Italy (1), Morocco (22), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (6), United States (2: Nevada)

• Silurian to Devonian of Argentina (1), Australia (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Argentina (1), Australia (4), Canada (28: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon Territory), China (3), the Czech Republic (23), Estonia (1), Greenland (2), Latvia (1), Morocco (3), Poland (1), Spain (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (13), United States (2: Wisconsin)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (2: Québec)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Quebec), China (9), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5)