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Chelidonocephalus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Chelidonocephalus was named by King (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m , Cm u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proasaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. anatolicus, C. preannulatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Chelidonocephalus King
2002Chelidonocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Chelidonocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusChelidonocephalusKing 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. †Chelidonocephalus King 1937
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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: 2010-01-02 08:50:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:50:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Mayan to the top of the Merioneth or 504.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Türkiye C. anatolicus (69933 69956 69959 69960 69961) C. sp. (69962)
Mayan - Merioneth504.5 - 486.85Iran (Semnan) C. sp. (22823)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Iran C. alifrons, C. preannulatus (10633)