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Lonchocephalus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Lonchocephalus was named by Owen (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1,16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lonchocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Lonchocephalus Owen
1957Bucksella Howel
2002Lonchocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 400
2002Bucksella Sepkoski
2002Lonchocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusLonchocephalusOwen 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Lonchocephalus Owen 1852
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Invalid names: Bucksella Howel 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available