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Ceratocephala

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Ceratocephala Warder
1847Trapelocera Hawle and Corda
1916Ceratocephala Raymond p. 24
1917Bounyongia Etheridge and Mitchell
1925Onychaspis Raymond p. 127
1925Onchaspis Raymond p. 129
1925Acidaspis (Ceratocephala) Warburg p. 245
1966Ceratocephala Bruton
1967Ceratocephala Bruton
2002Ceratocephala Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Bounyongia Sepkoski
2002Ceratocephala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyMiraspidinaeRichter and Richter 1917
genusCeratocephalaWarder 1838

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. †Ceratocephala Warder 1838
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Subg. †Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) Whittington 1956
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†Ceratocephala depauperata Van Ingen 1901
†Ceratocephala exigua Whittington 1963
†Ceratocephala goniata Warder 1838
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Invalid names: Acidaspis danai Hall 1862 [synonym], Acidaspis ida Winchell and Marcy 1865 [synonym]
†Ceratocephala impedita Etheridge and Mitchell 1896
†Ceratocephala laciniata Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Ceratocephala rarispina Whittington 1956
†Ceratocephala triacantheis Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Ceratocephala vexilla Chatterton 1971
Invalid names: Bounyongia Etheridge and Mitchell 1917 [synonym], Onchaspis Raymond 1925 [synonym], Trapelocera Hawle and Corda 1847 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 12:03:03
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:03:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Eifelian or 475.60000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. nov. Ingham et al. 1986 (75589)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) C. sp. (106473)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian471.3 - 469.4Ireland Ceratocephalina ramksoeldi (153922)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (315) C. triacantheis (24621 25932 25933 26057)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) C. exigua (104752)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) C. triacantheis (103002 103004 103012)
Chazyan - Caradoc471.3 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. triacantheis (25308 25309 25310)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) C. relativa, C. sexpares (182194 182195 182196)
Aurelucian458.2 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (181539)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (208121)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) C. laciniata, C. tridens (73342) C. rarispina (105203) C. sp. (76338)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. laciniata (73341 73345)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. laciniata, C. tridens (73343) C. triacantheis (73340)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) C. graffhami (23892)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. triacantheis (24634)
Actonian - Cautleyan454.0 - 448.8Iran (Gilan) C. micula (232879 232880)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) C. laticapitata, Acidaspis laticapitata (124939)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) C. sp. (383 384 385 386)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) C. sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.1USA (Ohio) C. sp. (389 390)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Nevada) C. sp. (359)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) C. laticapitata (73489)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. (8290)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Ceratocephalina reperta (188533)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. avalanchensis (26028 26036 26038 26043) C. tungstenensis (26046)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Iowa) C. sp. (24945 24946)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Ukraine Ceratocephalina podolica (23346)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Greenland C. bicuspis (23051)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. tungstenensis (26034 26041 26047)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Czechia C. sp. (14087 14122)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Scotland) C. sp. (188535)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. avalanchensis (26027)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. tungstenensis (26045)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (40018)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. avalanchensis (26030 26044) C. avalanchensis, Ceratocephalina sp. (26033)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Greenland C. sp. (23048)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Shropshire) C. sp. (49579)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Italy C. sp. (14250)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) C. goniata (13075)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) C. bicuspis (162435)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Czechia C. barrandei (14124)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. 2 (682)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) C. depauperata (229058)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (683 685 689 697)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) C. sp. (25679)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. barrandii (79893)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) C. goniata (24935 24936 24938 24943) C. sp. (24939)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) C. goniata (24937 24944) C. sp. (24942)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. plummeri (26051)
Whitwellian430.6 - 429.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. plummeri, C. crawfordi, Ceratocephalina charlesworthi, Ceratocephalina sevastopuloi (26048) C. plummeri, C. crawfordi, Ceratocephalina sevastopuloi (26035 26042) C. plummeri, Ceratocephalina sevastopuloi (26050)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) C. lochkoviana (497)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia C. barrandei (14050) C. rara (14102) C. rhabdopleura (14054)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia C. verneuili (14104)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Australian Capital Territory) C. vogdesi (25639)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Algeria C. verneuili (27153)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Czechia C. sp. (14126)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) C. impedita (25677)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia C. rhabdopleura (14068) C. sp. (14072 14110 14111) C. verneuili (14070) C. verneuili, C. sp. (14071) C. verneuilli (14156)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia C. rhabdopleura (14131)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) C. sp. (224314)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Prague) C. lochkoviana (12068 12072)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia C. lochkoviana (10281 10315 13895 14042 14044 14118) C. sp. (14119 14121)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) C. torosa (81749)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation C. sp. (24737 24774)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) C. vesiculosa (12183)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Czechia C. lochkoviana (10314)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (69320 69325)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco C. vesiculosa (27050)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) C. vesiculosa (12071)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia C. vesiculosa (10342)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Italy C. vesiculosa (26245)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia C. vesiculosa (10344 10372)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco C. hoernesi (208233)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) C. vexilla (39884)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan C. vensiculosa (181379)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia C. vesiculosa (10467)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) C. vesiculosa (12143)
Daleje - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Czechia C. vesiculosa (10469)
Zlichovian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Morocco C. vesiculosa (27058)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco C. sp., C. vesiculosa (27072) C. vesiculosa (208204)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) C. vesiculosa (229648)