Otarion filmeri Mitchell 1919 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Alternative combination: Cyphaspis filmeri

Belongs to Otarion according to B. D. E. Chatterton 1971

Sister taxa: Otarion (Otarion), Otarion diffractum, Otarion huddyi, Otarion listron, Otarion stigmatophthalmus, Otarionella taganon

Type specimen: A. M. f. 28600 [lectotype chosen by Chatterton 1971], a cephalon/head (cranidium).

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Otarion filmeri in the database

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