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Crucicephalus

Trilobita - Olenida - Eulomidae

Taxonomy
Crucicephalus was named by Shergold (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 496]. It is not extant. Its type is Crucicephalus ocellatus.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eulomidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
C. ocellatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Crucicephalus Shergold p. 69
2002Crucicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 470
2002Crucicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyEulomidaeKobayashi 1955
genusCrucicephalus

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. †Crucicephalus Shergold 1971
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Crucicephalus ocellatus Shergold 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available