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Macelloura

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae

Taxonomy
Macelloura was named by Resser (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. Its type is Illaenurus dia.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Macelloura Resser p. 40
2002Macelloura Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Macelloura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyCheilocephalidaeShaw 1956
genusMacelloura

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. †Macelloura Resser 1935
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Macelloura dia Walcott 1890
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:17:25
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:17:25
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available