Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Full reference: C. Lochman. 1956. The Evolution of Some Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Trilobite Families. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):445-462
Belongs to Briscoia according to S. Srivastava and N. C. Hughes 2023
See also Lochman 1956
Sister taxa: Briscoia angustilimba, Briscoia coloradoensis, Briscoia dalyi, Briscoia devinei, Briscoia elegans, Briscoia llanoensis, Briscoia nevadensis, Briscoia schucherti, Briscoia septentrionalis, Briscoia sinclairensis
Type specimen: PUM 78446, a pygidium. Its type locality is 1.5 miles SSE of main railroad crossing, North Freedom, which is in a Sunwaptan marine sandstone in the Franconia Formation of Wisconsin.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at 1.5 miles SSE of main railroad crossing, North Freedom
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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