Dicellocephalus tribulus Walcott 1912 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian geology and paleontology. II. New York Potsdam Hoyt fauna. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(9):263-289

Belongs to Dicellocephalus according to C. D. Walcott 1912

Sister taxa: Dicellocephalus angustifrons, Dicellocephalus bilobatus, Dicellocephalus iole, Dicellocephalus marica, Dicellocephalus nasutus, Dicellocephalus osceola, Dicellocephalus richmondensis, Dikelocephalus halli, Dikelocephalus minnesotensis, Dikelocephalus wisconensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Loc. 76. Hoyts Quarry, 4 miles west of Saratoga Springs, which is in a Trempealeauan carbonate limestone in the Hoyt Limestone Formation of New York.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Loc. 76. Hoyts Quarry, 4 miles west of Saratoga Springs

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