Dimeropygiella ovata Hintze 1953 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Alternative combination: Ischyrotoma ovata

Full reference: L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p.

Belongs to Dimeropygiella according to J. M. Adrain et al. 2001

See also Hintze 1953 and Young 1973

Sister taxa: Dimeropygiella blanda, Dimeropygiella caudanodosa, Dimeropygiella fillmorensis, Dimeropygiella mccormicki

Type specimen: 26347 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (1: Utah collection)

• Ordovician of United States (3: Nevada, Utah)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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