A NEW PELAGIC TRILOBITE FROM THE ORDOVICIAN OF SPITSBERGEN, IRELAND, AND UTAH R.A. FORTEY Aasteacr Onipeer comin eet pov desert 1s ined with Crmasioplaian Wit new Fay the Opie, ch probably claws wo he Remopiearise Ts uo pose hat Oppater ‘nel ithe stigmatic tloe Bemis Rare The con! mmpicigy of Oppewer indies © ep minds oie Srupyofearly Ordovician trilobites from the Valhallfonna Formation, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen, and the Tourmakeady Limestone, Co. Galway, western Ireland, revealed some fragments ofa trilobite which suggested that a new and peculiar species was common to both faunas. In 1971 the discovery of an almost complete dorsal exo- skeleton in Spitsbergen enabled a definite association of the known fragmentary remains, Because of its particular interest this trlobite is described and discussed separately from the rest of the systematic work on the Spitsbergen and Irish faunas Material of the new trilobite 1s deposited in three institutions: Paleontologisk Museum, Oslo (PMO NF), Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge (SMA), and the British Museum (Natural History) (BM 10. ‘The stratigraphy of the Spitsbergen Ordovician has been described by Fortey and Bruton (1973) and the stratigraphical terminology given therein is used in the present account. The material from the Tourmakeady Limestone is from pink, breciated limestones of Gardiner and Reynolds's (1909, pl. 4) locality $8. A discussion of the stratigraphy and correlation of the rocks of this area has been given by Dewey, Rickards, and Skevington (1970), SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION Superfamily nemopLeuRIDacea Hawle and Corda, 1847 Family oPteureRiDa® fam. nov. Type gems. Oppeter gen. no: Diagnosis. Remopleuridacea with greatly developed, convex eyes. Glabella with sub- triangular outline, tapering strongly forward, with one or two pairs of lateral glabellar furrows, and downturned glabellar tongue anteriorly. Fixed cheeks reduced or absent, posterior border modified to a spine extending backwards behind occipital ring in Opipeuter. Long narrow thorax (eleven segments) with convex axis and very short pleurae. Pygidium with entire margin, axis continued into a stout spine. Genera includ nfl. Opipeter se. 0, Cremaztglses Whitt 961 (known Form craidia oa) [Page Pa 4 ADKme PALAEONTOLOGY, VOLUME 17 ontevTER gen, nov. Type species. Opipeuter incon 5p. 9%. Derivation of name. Greek, one who stares. Diagnosis. Opipeuteridae with one pair of lateral glabellar furrows. Occ ‘with a fairly straight, transverse course, Surface sculpture of fine raised lines arranged in polygons, Opipeuter inconnivus sp. nov. Plates 3, 4 teas. 130 Derivation of name, Latin, conn, ansleping” Diagnosis. As for gems Material. Holotype Shy damaged dorsal xoskeletonlackng fee cheeks, rm the Olnidlets Member ofthe Valtalifn Formation, outing an estimated 0m rom the bse of the Member o Oleidsltis forth of Papepoyenese, PMO NF 2063. Other Spitsbergen material includes one exfoliated cranium ‘witha ew thoracic sepments tached, SMA 84010, apart rom whichllother material consists of ola ‘raid re chesks. and py, Material detifida0 far as belonging to this specie include ‘Crania: PMO NF 700, $75, 2982-2984, 2986, 2989, 2998-2096, 2998; BM 119799; SMA 84011 Pygiia: PMO NF 2987, 293-204, 299, 2997; SMA BaD 12 Free checks: PMO NF 3980-298, 3985, 5388. ‘The material from western Irland consis of three caniia: BM 1t 9795-9797, and one fee cheek, pM 19798 “Material fom Uish consists ofa single, wel preserve fee cheek, BM It 10279, Sirtiraphieocarence. Ln Spitsbergen the species is confined to the Olenidslts Member ofthe Vala ‘onna Formation, the lowest occurrence being 9m above the Base ofthe Meme, the highest 100m from iatase. Though mos ofthis range scan be found with carefl searching, but alnays a freemen the total fauna. The materal rom the Tourmaheady Linestone (fom Locality 8 of Gardiner and Reynolds (190). “Thee cheok from Utah fom the upper pt of the Filmore Limestone, oat H of Hite (1953) EXPLANATION OF PLATE 13 Opipeaterincomnivus gen. ct sp. no, Olniseta Member, Vatalfonna Formation, Ny Frcs, Spitsbergen Figs 1 10. Fre check (11) in dow, lateral views, im fom base of Oleidltia Member. Not slender tel spine. PMO NF 2581 Fis. 2,9 Holotype, dorsi exoskeleton icking free cheeks (8) in dors and ft latera views. Onis, (hm from base of Member. Axis of thorax and median pat of eaniium ate exited, and the mith ‘horace segment is sight displaced onthe righthand side PMO NF 2062 Figs 3.4.5. Cranium (> 19), rtaning exoskeleton exept on raid part of oceiptal ring, dora, lateral ‘and anterior views m rom ase of Member. Notecharacteritie polygonal surface sculpts, palpebral lobe, and backward plating horde spine on lof specimen. PMO NE 875 Figs. 6.78 Small cranium (13) i dail antvior. and lateral views. Horizon asi. Note narrow. Fortaontal anterior border in fi. 7. PMO NF 2982, Fig II- Cranium (» 10, etaitog exoskeleton. 30m from base of Member. SMA 84011 Fig, [2 Imperfect preserve attened internal mould of eran and eight thrack segments (2) SMA S400