Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2004. A Late Cambrian (Sunwaptan) Silicified Trilobite Fauna from Nevada. Bulletins of American Paleontology 365:5-55
Belongs to Prosaukia according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2004
Sister taxa: Prosaukia ambigua, Prosaukia anomala, Prosaukia diversa, Prosaukia hartii, Prosaukia misa, Prosaukia pyrene, Prosaukia serotina, Prosaukia spinula
Type specimen: SUI 99054, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is silicified fauna, Barton Canyon, which is in a Sunwaptan deep subtidal grainstone in the Windfall Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at silicified fauna, Barton Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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