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Stigmacephalus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Stigmacephalus was named by Resser (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Stigmacephalus Resser
2002Stigmacephalus Jell and Adrain p. 448
2002Stigmacephalus 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)
genusStigmacephalusResser 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. †Stigmacephalus Resser 1937
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Stigmacephalus oweni Hall 1863
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) S. flexifrons (62105 62108)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) S. sp. (246)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) S. oweni (54087 64686)