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Trachycheilus

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Trachycheilus was named by Resser (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1089]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ehmaniellinae by Sundberg (1994); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Trachycheilus Resser
1994Trachycheilus Sundberg p. 80
2002Trachycheilus Jell and Adrain p. 454
2002Trachycheilus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
subfamilyEhmaniellinae
genusTrachycheilusResser 1945

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. †Trachycheilus Resser 1945
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Trachycheilus granulosus Sundberg 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. A. Sundberg 1994Ehmaniellinae with subpentagonal to trapezoidal cranidium with con- vergent facial sutures anterior of palpebral lobes; short to moderate palpebral lobes (20-35% gla- bellar length); well-defined anterior border, narrow to moderate width (5-20% cranidial length), modrate to strongly tapered; preglabellar field sagittally narrow to moderately wide (15-45% frontal area length); strongly to very strongly tapered glabella; moderately to bluntly rounded frontal lobe; exsag- ittally wide posterior area of fixigenae (35-55% gla- bellar length). Pygidium subcircular to subelliptical with elongate axis; 5 axial rings; moderate depth pleural furrows; moderate to strong posterior pleural bands; weak to absent anterior pleural bands.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:35:35
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:47:01
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Templetonian to the top of the Menevian or 508.00000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) T. whirlwindensis (134244 134254)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) T. granulosus (133725) T. whirlwindensis (133727 133728)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5USA (Nevada) T. granulosus (225254 225255)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) T. sp. (10532)