Biceratopsidae
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| Biceratopsidae Temporal range: Botomian/Toyonian (Olenellus-zone) 522–513Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Redlichiida |
| Suborder: | Olenellina |
| Superfamily: | Olenelloidea |
| Family: | Biceratopsidae Pack & Gayle, 1971 |
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The Biceratopsidae is an extinct family of trilobites, fossil marine arthropods, with species of small to average size. Species of belonging to this family lived during the Toyonian stage (Olenellus-zone), 522–513 million years ago, in the former continent of Laurentia, including what are today the south-western United States and Canada. It contains the subfamilies Biceratopsinae and Bristoliinae.[1]
Habitat
The Biceratopsidae were probably marine bottom dweller, like all Olenellina.
References
- ↑ Lieberman, Bruce S. (1999). "Systematic revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 45: 1–150. ISBN 9780912532479.
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