Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2006. New genus of dimeropygid trilobites from the earliest Ordovician of Laurentia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(3):541-550
Parent taxon: Dimeropygidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2006
Sister taxa: Bearriverops, Chomatopyge, Dimeropyge, Dimeropygiella, Heckethornia, Ischyrotoma, Mesotaphraspidinae, Mesotaphraspis, Pseudohystricurus, Toernquistia, Toernquistina
Subtaxa: Tulepyge paucituberculata Tulepyge tulensis
Type: Tulepyge tulensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
• Skullrockian of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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