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Conokephalinidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Conokephalinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Conokephalinidae Hupé
2002Conokephalinidae Jell and Adrain p. 469

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyConokephalinidaeHupé 1953
familyConokephalinidaeHupé 1953

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. †Conokephalinidae Hupé 1953
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G. †Buitella Lazarenko 1964
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†Buitella buitensis Lazarenko 1964
G. †Catuniella Egorova 1956
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†Catuniella lauta Lazarenko 1960
G. †Conokephalina Broegger 1886
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†Conokephalina ornata Brøgger 1878
Invalid names: Lobocephalina Ruzicka 1940 [synonym], Ruzickaia Pribyl 1950 [synonym]
G. †Maspakites Lazarenko and Nikiforov 1968
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†Maspakites occidentalis Lazarenko and Nikiforov 1968
G. †Meisterella Ivshin 1952
G. †Miranda Jegorova 1984
G. †Suludella Egorova and Savitsky 1968
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†Suludella davnii Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
†Suludella spinosa Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
G. †Westergaardella Kobayashi 1962
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-06 04:11:27
Modified: 2010-01-06 06:11:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 506.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Czechia (Bohemia) Lobocephalina emmrichi (67708 67709)
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5Czechia Conokephalina emmrichi (73529 73536 73537 73545 73557 73561) Lobocephalina emmrichi (203343)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Litavka) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76455)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Bohemia) Ruzickaia emmrichi (67775)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Vinice) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76452)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Sweden (Jämtland) Conokephalina ornata (240066 240067)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Czechia (Central Boemian) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76456)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica Suludella sp. (69505)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Buitella buitensis (131433 131434 131435) Catuniella lauta (131486)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Westergaardella sp. (10060 10062)
Mayan - Ayusokkanian504.5 - 497.0Russian Federation Catuniella lauta (81113)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Conokephalina maia, Conokephalina sp. (232857)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Suludella davnii, Suludella spinosa (154032) Suludella spinosa (153966 153967)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Lobocephalina sinensis (49182 126330 126440 126444)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Lobocephalina longiforma (118239) Lobocephalina sp., Lobocephalina longiforma (118235)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) Catuniella monstruosa (133592 133593)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (New York) Conocephalina whitehallensis (74546)