Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1924. Cambrian geology and paleontology. V. No. 2, Cambrian and Lower Ozarkian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 75(2):55-60
Belongs to Briscoia according to S. Srivastava and N. C. Hughes 2023
See also Walcott 1924 and Walcott 1925
Sister taxa: Briscoia angustilimba, Briscoia coloradoensis, Briscoia dalyi, Briscoia devinei, Briscoia elegans, Briscoia llanoensis, Briscoia nevadensis, Briscoia pertransversa, Briscoia schucherti, Briscoia septentrionalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 16t'. N side of Sinclair Canyon 1524 m. above creek, west of Radium Hot Springs, which is in a Skullrockian carbonate limestone/limestone in the Mons Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Skullrockian of Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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