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Tricrepicephalus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Tricrepicephalus was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tricrepicephalidae.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tricrepicephalidae by Palmer (1954) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Tricrepicephalus Kobayashi
1936Paracrepicephalus Lochman
1954Tricrepicephalus Palmer p. 752
2002Tricrepicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 455
2002Tricrepicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyTricrepicephalidae
genusTricrepicephalusKobayashi 1935

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. †Tricrepicephalus Kobayashi 1935
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Tricrepicephalus asiaticus Yuan and Yin 1998
Invalid names: Paracrepicephalus Lochman 1936 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:10:07
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:10:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Georgia) T. cedarensis (164675)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) T. sp. (231)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) T. sp. (8247)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Canada (Yukon) T. texanus (9874)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) T. texanus (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Nevada) T. sp. indet. (219682)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) T. coria (208618 208620 208621 208645 208647 208659 208660 208661 208662 208675 208678 208681 208683 208684 208685 208686 208704 208726 208755 208759 208844) T. coria, T. sp. (208984 208986) T. coria, T. texanus (208648 208760 208850) T. coria, T. texanus, T. sp. (208987) T. sp. (208649 208706 208730) T. texanus (208848 208851) T. texanus, T. coria (208668)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) T. asiaticus (125072)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) T. coria (208657 208674)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Virginia) T. cedarensis, T. simplex (6960)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) T. texanus (55216 55217 55220 55221 55222 55279)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Tennessee) T. walcotti (156379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) T. coria (8076 8956) T. sp. (224)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) T. sp. (9625 158316)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Northwest Territories) T. sp. (25605 25607)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) T. teres (50592)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Indiana) T. sp. (232)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) T. conia (7184) T. coria (7182 7183 7188 7190 7191 7193 7200 7277 7285 7396 7402 7403 7404 7682 7683 7684 8020 8021 8023) T. coria, T. tripunctatus (7375) T. metra, T. coria (7201) T. sp. (223) T. tripunctatus (7294 7374 7400) T. tripunctatus, T. coria (7199)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming-Montana) T. sp. (233)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) T. sp. (8955)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) T. sp. (156413 156419 156425 156479 156480)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) T. arcuatus (77689)