Dasometopus Resser 1936 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Holocephalinidae

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1936. Second contribution to nomenclature of Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 95(4):1-29

Parent taxon: Holocephalinidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Holocephalina, Holocephalites, Meneviella, Sdzuyella

Subtaxa: Dasometopus breviceps

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Type: Harpides breviceps

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Tremadoc of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Greenland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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