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Blandicephalus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Blandicephalus was named by Palmer (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Blandicephalus texanus.

It was assigned to Dikelocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. texanus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Blandicephalus Palmer p. 748
2002Blandicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 350
2002Blandicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBlandicephalus

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. †Blandicephalus Palmer 1954
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Blandicephalus texanus Palmer 1954
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) B. texanus (208989)