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Pulchricapitus

Artiopoda - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Pulchricapitus was named by Kurtz (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. Its type is Pulchricapitus davisi.

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

Species
P. davisi (type species), P. fetosus
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Pulchricapitus Kurtz
2002Pulchricapitus Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Pulchricapitus 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
genusPulchricapitusKurtz 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. †Pulchricapitus Kurtz 1975
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Pulchricapitus davisi Kurtz 1975
Pulchricapitus fetosus Hohensee and Stitt 1989
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: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Arkansas) P. fetosus (225281)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Alberta) P. davisi (54076)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) P. davis (9192 9194)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) P. fetosus (229129 229130 229131 229133 229193 229194 229196 229197 229198)