Biceratopsinae Temporal range: Toyonian (Upper Olenellus-zone) 516–513 Ma |
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Emigrantia sp., a cephalon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Redlichiida |
Suborder: | Olenellina |
Superfamily: | Olenelloidea |
Family: | Biceratopsidae |
Subfamily: |
Biceratopsinae (Pack & Gayle, 1971) |
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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.
The Biceratopsinae are named for the type species Biceratops nevadensis.
The Biceratopsinae were probably marine bottom dweller, like all Olenellina.