Oligometopus breviceps Walcott 1884 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae

Alternative combinations: Pagodia breviceps, Ptychoparia (Solenopleura) breviceps

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1884. Paleontology of the Eureka district. United States Geological Survey Monograph 8(8):1-298

Belongs to Oligometopus according to C. E. Resser 1936

See also Walcott 1884

Sister taxon: Oligometopus contractus

Type specimen: USNM 24577

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 4360-CO. Hillard Peak (Cambrian of Alaska)

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