Oligometopus Resser 1936 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae

Synonym: Bernicella Frederickson 1949

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

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

See also Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aksayaspis, Cheilocephalus, Emsurella, Eotaitzuia, Lecanoaspis, Macelloura, Parakoldinia, Pseudokingstonia, Pseudokoldinia

Subtaxa: Oligometopus breviceps Oligometopus contractus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland collection), United States (4: Alaska, Nevada, Vermont)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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