Telephina

Telephina Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Proetida
Family:	†Telephinidae
Genus:	†Telephina Marek, 1952
Species
Telephina americana Billings, 1865 Telephina angulata Yi, 1957 Telephina bicuspis Angelin, 1854 Telephina bilunata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina bipunctata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina brevica Zhang, 1981 Telephina buttsi Ulrich, 1930 Telephina calandria Chatterton et al., 1999 Telephina chinensis Yi, 1957 Telephina chingolo Chatterton et al., 1999 Telephina convexa Lu, 1975 Telephina fracta Barrande, 1852 Telephina furnesensis Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina gelasinosa Ulrich, 1926 Telephina girvanensis Reed, 1935 Telephina hibernica Reed, 1909 Telephina hircina Ulrich, 1930 Telephina impunctata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina imperfecta Thorslund, 1935 Telephina lata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina matchensis Legg, 1976 Telephina mobergi Hadding, 1913 Telephina mysticensis Ulrich, 1930 Telephina norvegica Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina omega Koroleva, 1982 Telephina pacifica Kobayashi, 1955 Telephina prattensis Ulrich, 1930 Telephina problematica Chatterton et al., 1999 Telephina pustulata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina reedi Ulrich, 1930 Telephina salteri Reed, 1914 Telephina simulator Ulrich, 1930 Telephina sinuata Ulrich, 1930 Telephina skjesethi Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina spinifera Ulrich, 1930 Telephina subsecuta Reed, 1944 Telephina sulcata Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina tellicoensis Ulrich, 1930 Telephina transversa Ulrich, 1930 Telephina troedssoni Raymond, 1925 Telephina ulrichi Thorslund, 1935 Telephina vesca Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina viriosa Nikolaisen, 1963 Telephina wegelini Angelin, 1854

Telephina is an extinct genus of telephinid trilobite that lived during the Ordovician period.

Palaeobiology

Life history

Late in the meraspid stage of ontogeny, the species Telephina problematica, Telephina calandria, and Telephina chingolo underwent a radical metamorphosis.