Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Alternative spelling: Biscoia
Synonym: Parabriscoia Kobayashi 1935
Parent taxon: Dikelocephalidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Tellerina, Prosaukia, Sinosaukia, Diemanosaukia, Stigmaspis, Anderssonella, Lichengia, Mictosaukia, Lophosaukia, Galerosaukia, Hamashania, Saukiella, Calvinella, Lophoholcus, Suluderella, Caznaia, Saukia, Pseudocalvinella, Eosaukia, Linguisaukia
Subtaxa: Briscoia angustilimba Briscoia coloradoensis Briscoia dalyi Briscoia devinei Briscoia elegans Briscoia llanoensis Briscoia nevadensis Briscoia pertransversa Briscoia schucherti Briscoia septentrionalis Briscoia sinclairensis
Type: Briscoia sinclairensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Skullrockian of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections)
• Cambrian of Canada (4: Alberta, Yukon), United States (20: Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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