Briscoia elegans Kobayashi 1935 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Alternative combination: Parabriscoia elegans

Synonym: Parabriscoia stenorachis Kobayashi 1935

Full reference: T. Kobayashi. 1935. The Briscoia fauna of the late upper Cambrian in Alaska with descriptions of a few upper Cambrian trilobites from Montana and Nevada. Japanese Journal of Geology and Geography 12:39-57

Belongs to Briscoia according to A.R. Palmer 1968

See also Kobayashi 1935

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

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Yukon collections), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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