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Monocheilus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Monocheilus was named by Resser (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Trep-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Monocheilus Resser
2002Monocheilus Jell and Adrain p. 408
2002Monocheilus 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
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusMonocheilusResser 1937

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. †Monocheilus Resser 1937
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Monocheilus anatinum Hall 1863
Monocheilus micros Walter 1926
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:14:03
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:14:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) M. sp. (250)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Montana) M. sp. (258)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) M. demissus (247)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) M. micros (9736 9737 9738 9739 9745 9751)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Minnesota) M. anatinum (62100 62101 62102 62103 62108 62117 62118) M. anatinum, M. micros (62099 62104 62107 62113)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) M. micros (54088) M. orestes (54090 54091) M. orestes, M. micros (64687) M. truncatus (54093 81307)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) M. truncatus (9767)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) M. truncatus (216017 216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) M. truncatus (9756 9763)