Dikelocephalus minnesotensis

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita Subclass: Libristoma Order: Asaphida Family: Dikelocephalidae Genus: Dikelocephalus (Owen, 1852) Species: Dikelocephalus minnesotensis (Owen, 1852) Two pieces labeled a and b. Partial preservation of the cephalon. Large rounded glabella with the occipital ring and one axial ring preserved. Left pleurae are visible.

Specifications

Object name	Dikelocephalus minnesotensis
ID	UNB-2016-0001
Legal status	Permanent collection
Category	Fossil
Classification	Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Trilobita
Composition	Sandstone
Age	Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Paleozoic Period: Cambrian to Upper Cambrian
Numeric age	542 Mya
Origin	Spring Valley, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Pieces	2
Partial	Yes
Measurements	6.7cm x 8.2cm x 1.3cm 13.7cm x 13cm x 1cm

Map of Origin

Publications

Hall, J. (1863). Preliminary notice of the fauna of the Potsdam Sandstone; with remarks upon the previously known species of fossils and descriptions of some new ones, from the sandstone of the Upper Mississippi Valley. 16th Annual Report, 119-222.