†Tricopelta breviceps Hall 1872 (trilobite)
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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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