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Pelicephalus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Pelicephalus was named by Kurtz (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 384]. It is not extant. Its type is Pelicephalus lochmani.

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

Species
P. lochmani (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pelicephalus Kurtz
2002Pelicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 423
2002Pelicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPelicephalusKurtz 1975

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. †Pelicephalus Kurtz 1975
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Pelicephalus lochmani Kurtz 1975
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: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Franconian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) P. lochmani (9144 9146 9147 9152 9154)