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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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