Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2007. Bearriverops, a new Lower Ordovician trilobite genus from the Great Basin, western USA, and classification of the family Dimeropygidae. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:337-366
Belongs to Bearriverops according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007
Sister taxa: Bearriverops alsacharovi, Bearriverops borderinnensis, Bearriverops deltaensis, Bearriverops loganensis
Type specimen: SUI 99970, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Section G 26.6-27.0, which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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