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Apatokephalus exiguus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Apatokephalus exiguus was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Apatokephalus exiguus Harrington and Leanza p. 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusApatokephalusBrögger 1896
speciesexiguus

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.

Apatokephalus exiguus Harrington and Leanza 1957
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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: 2009-06-08 09:02:00
Modified: 2009-06-08 11:04:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Apatokephalus exiguus (115749 115756 115757 115758)