RT Journal Article
T1 First occurrence of well-preserved Ordovician trilobites of the family Olenidae from Africa
A1 Hopkins, Melanie J.
A1 Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos
A1 Di Silvestro, Gianpaolo
AB Here we describe the first articulated olenid trilobite specimens recovered from the lowermost Fezouata Shale Formation (lower Tremadocian, Ordovician) of Morocco. Prior to the discovery of this sample, only two partial olenid trilobite specimens had been found from this part of the rock record. The specimens are well preserved enough to confidently identify as Leptoplastides salteri (Callaway, 1877), extending the species geographic range from Avalonia into Gondwana. We argue that the Moroccan occurrences formerly referred to as “Beltella sp.” in the literature are likely to be those of L. salteri. This species is the only olenid trilobite known from African Gondwana.
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0022-3360
YR 2024
FD 2024-01-15
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121167
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/121167
LA eng
NO Hopkins, M. J., Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., & Di Silvestro, G. (2024). First occurrence of well-preserved Ordovician trilobites of the family Olenidae from Africa. Journal of Paleontology, 98(4), 634-643. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.60
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
NO IUGS–UNESCO
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 dic 2025