†Oligometopus breviceps Walcott 1884 (trilobite)
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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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