Tricopelta breviceps Hall 1872 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Alternative combination: Dalmania breviceps

Belongs to Tricopelta according to R. Ludvigsen and B. D. E. Chatterton 1982

Sister taxon: Tricopelta mackenziensis

Type specimen: AMNH 40016, an exoskeleton

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 02-SGH-45.5 (Ordovician of Indiana)

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