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Apatokephalus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Apatokephalus was named by Brögger (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 80,618,927].

It was assigned to Richardsonellinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sennikov et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Apatokephalus Brögger
1957Apatokephalus Harrington and Leanza
2002Apatokephalus Jell and Adrain p. 342
2002Apatokephalus Sepkoski
2014Apatakephalus Sennikov et al.

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

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. †Apatokephalus Brögger 1896
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†Apatokephalus canadensis Kobayashi 1953
†Apatokephalus dagmarae Mergl 1984
†Apatokephalus exiguus Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Apatokephalus nyaicus Rozova 1968
†Apatokephalus rugosus Tortello and Esteban 2016
†Apatokephalus sarculum Fortey and Owens 1991
†Apatokephalus serratus Boeck 1838
†Apatokephalus tibicen Pribyl and Vanek 1980
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Arenig or 486.50000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Apatakephalus kamlakensis (203914 203915 203916)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Nevada) A. sp. (203998 233789)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) A. kamlakensis (205624)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (3712)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia A. sp. (8840 8841)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20819)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hunan) A. sp. (7702 7703)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway A. sp. (3106)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) A. longifrons (10959 10986 11005) A. sp. (10944 10958)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran A. sp. (116241)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) A. exiguus (115749 115756 115757 115758) A. serratus (115705 115742 115818 115987 115992 115996 116051 116054 116068 116082 116084)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) A. sp. (7363)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic A. dagmarae (192830 223845) A. sp. (3837)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (9288)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina A. sp. (9011)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Morocco A. sp. (20998)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden A. serratus (3107) A. sp. (3110)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) A. serratus (9087 9088 115582 115656 115662 115663 115669 115671)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) A. serratus (3183 167677 167678)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden A. serratus (172663)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Montana) A. canadensis (69026)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (Shropshire) A. sarculum (75116)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) A. serratus (3710)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) A. sp. (103825)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) A. sp. (104511)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Northern Territory) A. hyotan (79322)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Texas) A. serratus (78729 78730)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) A. sp. (104336 104509 104510 104513)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) A. nyaicus (131107 131138 131349 131362 131414)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp., A. serratus (205623)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) A. rugosus (208300 208301 208304) A. tibicon (208319 208331) A. tibicon, A. sp. (208332 208335)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina A. rugosus (208287 208288 208290)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic A. dagmarae (229958)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) A. sp. (136936 136939 136944)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden A. sp. (3195)
Stairsian - Whiterockian485.4 - 457.3USA (Nevada) A. gillulyi (281)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) A. canadensis (210747) A. sp. (287) A. sp. indet. (174361)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) A. sp. (105090)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Spain (Zaragoza) A. sp. (21075)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco A. sp. (20979)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) A. sp. (8568)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (North Dakota) A. sp. (413)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) A. sp. (78092)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden A. sp. (3196 3199 3246)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Tarfaya) A. sp. (56583)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Russian Federation (Siberia) A. sp. (205383)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco (Anti Atlas) A. incisus (166730)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) A. brevifrons (20827)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Morocco A. sp. (56592 197278)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) A. sp. (20825)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Gansu) A. sp. (23594)