Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Full reference: P. D. Pack and H. B. Gayle. 1971. A new Olenellid trilobite, Biceratops nevadensis, from the Lower Cambrian near Las Vegas, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 45(5):893-898
Parent taxon: Olenellidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Pack and Gayle 1971, Palmer and Repina 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcuolenellus, Fritzolenellus, Gabriellinae, Gabriellus, Mesonacinae, Olenellinae, Peachella, Teresellus
Subtaxa: Biceratops nevadensis
Type: Biceratops nevadensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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