Dikelocephalus

Dikelocephalus
Dikelocephalus
Temporal range: Upper Cambrian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Asaphida
Superfamily: Dikelocephalacea
Family: Dikelocephaliidae
Genus: Dikelocephalus
Owen, 1852

Dikelocephalus is a genus of trilobite that was from the Sunwaptan (uppermost Cambrian).[1] Their fossils are commonly found as disarticulated sclerites in the upper Mississippi Valley of North America.[1] Sclerite size ranges from a few millimeters to almost 15 centimeters or so. The total animal approached 50 cm (20 in) long.

References

  1. ^ a b Conrad C. Labandeira & Nigel C. Hughes (1994). "Biometry of the Late Cambrian trilobite genus Dikelocephalus and its implications for trilobite systematics" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology 68 (3): 492–517. http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/bitstream/10088/5984/1/J._Paleo_1994.pdf. 



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