Briscoia coloradoensis Walcott 1914 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Alternative combination: Saukia coloradoensis

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1914. Cambrian geology and paleontology II: Dikelocephalus and other genera of the Dikelocephalinae. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57:345-430

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

See also Walcott 1914

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

Type specimen: USNM 60673, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 20b. 1.6 km. above Monte Cristo Mine, Quandary Peak (Cambrian of Colorado)

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