Eopeachella [SEP] parent taxon
short, strongly inflated rounded spines. The central area of the cephalon (or glabella) is elongated, reaching the anterior border, and hourglass shaped. Its features are effaced, showing only shallow furrows.
Description Differences with some other Biceratopsinae.
Some other Biceratopsinae share some of the most eye catching features of "Eopeachella". These differ however in the following characteristics. "Biceratops nevadensis", "Emigrantia" and "Peachella" all have more extremely effaced cephalic features. "Biceratops" lacks genal spines. In "
Eopeachella
Eopeachella is an extinct genus of trilobites, fossil marine arthropods, with species of probably small size (largest headshield (or cephalon) long), entire, articulate specimens have not yet been found. It lived during the Toyonian stage (Upper "Olenellus"-zone), in what is today the South-Western United States. "Eopeachella angustispina" is the only known species in this genus (i.e. the genus is monotypic).
Etymology.
"Eopeachella" is named for its early occurrence compared to and presumed