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Ellipsocephalinae
Taxonomy
Ellipsocephalinae was named by Mathew (1887). Its type is Ellipsocephalus.
It was assigned to Solenopleuridae by Ahlberg (1980); and to Ellipsocephalidae by Landing et al. (2008), Cederstrom et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Solenopleuridae by Ahlberg (1980); and to Ellipsocephalidae by Landing et al. (2008), Cederstrom et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Ellipsocephalinae Mathew |
| 1980 | Ellipsocephalinae Ahlberg |
| 2008 | Ellipsocephalinae Landing et al. p. 893 |
| 2022 | Ellipsocephalinae Cederstrom et al. p. 54 |
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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.
Subfm. †Ellipsocephalinae Mathew 1887
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G. †Cambrosaurura Cederstrom et al. 2022
G. †Dellingia Cederstrom et al. 2022
G. †Ellipsocephalus Zenker 1833
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†Ellipsocephalus gripi Kautsky 1945
Invalid names: Germaropyge Snajdr 1957 [synonym]
G. †Ellipsostrenua Kautsky 1945
G. †Kingaspidoides Hupe 1953
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†Kingaspidoides alberti Geyer 2017
†Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis Wurm 1925
†Kingaspidoides meieri Geyer 2017
†Kingaspidoides usitata Geyer 1990
Invalid names: Elatius Orlowski 1985 [synonym]
G. †Ornamentaspis Geyer 1990
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†Ornamentaspis angustigena Geyer 2014
†Ornamentaspis crassilimbata Geyer 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Undillan or 521.00000 to 500.50000 Ma
Collections (83 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Caerfai | Canada (New Brunswick) | Ellipsocephalus galeatus (34571 34572 34597) Kingaspidoides obliquoculatus (34573 34575 34576 34577 34578) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | Norway (Troms) | Ellipsocephalus sp. (190927) | |
| Cambrian | USA (Wisconsin) | Ellipsocephalus sp. (250) | |
| Atdabanian | Poland | Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis (7905 72261) | |
| Atdabanian | Sweden | Ellipsocephalus nordenskioeldi (87212) | |
| Stage 3 - Stage 4 | Sweden (Lappland) | Ellipsocephalus gripi (190924) | |
| Botomian | Russian Federation (Tuva) | Ellipsocephalus sp. (81480) | |
| Botomian | Poland | Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis (153007) | |
| Botomian | Norway (Mjosen) | Ellipsocephalus nordenskjoldi (42220) | |
| Lenian | Morocco | Kingaspidoides neglectus (9801) | |
| Lenian | Sweden | Ellipsocephalus lunatus (87123 87214) | |
| Toyonian | Norway (Mjøsa) | Ellipsocephalus linnarssoni, Ellipsocephalus gripi (174259) | |
| Delamaran | Morocco | Kingaspidoides laetus (174210 174217 174222 174291 174292) Kingaspidoides laetus, Kingaspidoides neglectus (174203) Kingaspidoides laetus, Ornamentaspis angustigena (174208 174220) Kingaspidoides laetus, Ornamentaspis frankenwaldensis (174290 174293) Kingaspidoides neglectus (174205 174206 174207) Kingaspidoides neglectus, Kingaspidoides laetus (174223) Kingaspidoides neglectus, Kingaspidoides laetus, Ornamentaspis angustigena (174219) Ornamentaspis frankenwaldensis (174294) | |
| Amgan | Poland | Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus sandomiri, Ellipsocephalus guerichi, Ellipsocephalus jugoszovi (72270) | |
| Amgan | Czechia (Bohemia) | Ellipsocephalus vetustus (67709) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Ellipsocephalus hoffi (67708) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Germaropyge sp. nov. (67738) | |
| Amgan | Sweden (Oland) | Ellipsocephalus polytomus (225039 225040) | |
| Amgan | Germany | Ornamentaspis todraensis (162993) | |
| Solvan | Sweden (Norrbotten) | Ellipsocephalus polytomus (9782) | |
| Solvan - Menevian | Czechia | Ellipsocephalus hoffi (73537 73539) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (73545 73561) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Germaropyge germari (73529 73557) Germaropyge germari (203343) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Poland | Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus guerichi, Ellipsocephalus puschi, Ellipsocephalus jugoszovi (72269) Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus sandomiri (72271) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czechia (Bohemia) | Germaropyge germari (67775) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Germany (Bayern) | Ornamentaspis frankenwaldensis (97598) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czechia (Central Boemian) | Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76456) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czechia (Jince) | Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76483) | |
| Middle Cambrian | Czechia (Litavka) | Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76453 76454) | |
| Undillan | Germany | Kingaspidoides alberti, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186152) Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186149 186150 186153 186154 186159 186165 186166 186170) Kingaspidoides meieri, Kingaspidoides alberti, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186167) Kingaspidoides meieri, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186151 186157 186158 186169) Kingaspidoides sp. (186162 197474) Ornamentaspis crassilimbata, Kingaspidoides alberti, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186155 186156 186163) Ornamentaspis crassilimbata, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186148 186160) Ornamentaspis crassilimbata, Kingaspidoides meieri, Kingaspidoides alberti, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186168) Ornamentaspis sp., Kingaspidoides alberti, Kingaspidoides frankenwaldensis (186164) |