Biceratopsidae
Biceratopsidae Temporal range: Botomian/Toyonian (Olenellus-zone) 522–513 Ma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Redlichiida |
Suborder: | Olenellina |
Superfamily: | Olenelloidea |
Family: | Biceratopsidae Pack & Gayle, 1971 |
Subfamilies | |
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Biceratopsidae is an extinct family of redlichiid trilobites, 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)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 45: 1–150. ISBN 9780912532479.
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