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Madarocephalus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Taxonomy
Madarocephalus was named by Resser (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid-u Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Madarocephalus Resser
2002Madarocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 468
2002Madarocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
genusMadarocephalusResser 1938

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. †Madarocephalus Resser 1938
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Guzhangian or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) M. orientalis (49174 49175 49176 49177 49298 126304)