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Centropleuridae

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Centropleuridae

Taxonomy
Centropleuridae was named by Angelin (1854). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Paradoxidoidea by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Centropleuridae Angelin p. 87
1997Centropleuridae Whittington et al. p. 478
2011Centropleuridae Adrain p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyParadoxidoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyCentropleuridaeAngelin 1854
familyCentropleuridaeAngelin 1854

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.

Fm. †Centropleuridae Angelin 1854
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G. †Anopolenus Salter 1864
G. †Beishanella Xiang and Zhang 1985
G. †Centropleura Angelin 1854
G. †Clarella Howel 1934
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Clarella impar Hicks 1872
G. †Luhops
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Luhops expectans Barrande 1852
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-22 10:47:03
Modified: 2009-12-22 12:47:03
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Drumian to the top of the Merioneth or 504.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5USA (Nevada) Centropleura sp. (8590)
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5Czechia Luhops expectans (73557)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Bohemia) Luhops expectans (67775)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Greenland Centropleura angelini?, Centropleura loveni (10488) Centropleura loveni (10486 10487 10489)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Czechia (Central Boemian) Clarella expectans (76456)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Anopolenus henrici (10029)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Centropleura sp. (131427)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5United Kingdom (Wales) Anopolenus henrici (193783) Centropleuridae indet. (193782)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Nyeboe Land) Centropleura sp. (9935)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Sweden (Scania) Anopolenus sp., Luhops expectans, Clarella impar (179691)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Anopolenus henrici (10508)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Queenslandd) Centropleura phoenix (225252)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Centropleura phoenix (227789)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) Centropleura sp. (217)