Briscoia angustilimba Westrop 1986 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Full reference: S. R. Westrop. 1986. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Sunwaptan Stage, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Palaeontographica Canadiana 3:1-179

Belongs to Briscoia according to S. Srivastava and N. C. Hughes 2023

See also Westrop 1986

Sister taxa: Briscoia coloradoensis, Briscoia dalyi, Briscoia devinei, Briscoia elegans, Briscoia llanoensis, Briscoia nevadensis, Briscoia pertransversa, Briscoia schucherti, Briscoia septentrionalis, Briscoia sinclairensis

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: South Dakota)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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