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Biceratops
Taxonomy
Biceratops was named by Pack and Gayle (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u]. Its type is Biceratops nevadensis.
It was assigned to Biceratopsinae by Pack and Gayle (1971), Palmer and Repina (1993); to Olenellidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Biceratopsinae by Pack and Gayle (1971), Palmer and Repina (1993); to Olenellidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
B. nevadensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Biceratops Pack and Gayle p. 895 |
| 1993 | Biceratops Palmer and Repina p. 23 |
| 1997 | Biceratops Whittington et al. p. 409 |
| 2002 | Biceratops Sepkoski |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. D. Pack and H. B. Gayle 1971 | A relatively smooth cephalon with well defined border of medium width, rounded genal angles and no genal spines. Glabella characterized by indistinct lat eral and axial furrows. Palpebral lobes short,directed upward and posteriorly, close along the sides of the glabella extending from the postero-lateral parts of the anterior glabellar lobe. Small eyes located laterally below the palpebral lobes slightly behind center of the glabella. Thorax consists of 15 prothoracic segments and 10 or more opisthothoracic segments. Third prothoracic segment is strongly macropleural and the fifteenth segment bears a long axial spine. | |
| A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993 | Biceratopsinae with posterior margin of cephalon nearly straight. Genal angles broadly rounded; genalandintergenalspinesabsent.Preglabellarfield present; sagittal length equal to or less than that of border. Ocular lobes prominent, close to glabella; posterior tips opposite SI, elevated above top of glabella. Opisthothorax of at least 11 segments. |
Measurements
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||