Kingdom Animalia Class Trilobita Suborder Olenellina Rank Subfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Order Redlichiida Superfamily Olenelloidea | |
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Similar Olenelloidea, Olenelloides, Biceratops, Olenellina, Olenellidae | ||
The Biceratopsinae is an extinct subfamily of trilobites, fossil marine arthropods, with species of small to average size. Species belonging to this subfamily lived during the Toyonian stage (Upper Olenellus-zone), 516-513 million years ago, in the former continent of Laurentia, including what are today the South-Western United States and Canada.
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Etymology
The Biceratopsinae are named for the type species Biceratops nevadensis.
Habitat
The Biceratopsinae were probably marine bottom dweller, like all Olenellina.
References
Biceratopsinae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA