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Scinocephalus solitecti

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Scinocephalus solitecti was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 18121, 18126-30]. Its type specimen is YPM 18125, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(2)a", which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Scinocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Scinocephalus solitecti Ross p. 90 figs. Pl. 20, figs. 31, 32, 37

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusScinocephalus
speciessolitecti

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.

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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tulean or 481.70000 to 475.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Scinocephalus solitecti (103805 type locality: 103820 228298)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Nevada) Scinocephalus solitecti (104343)