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Mystrocephala

Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Mystrocephala was named by Whittington (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Brachymetopinae by Owens and Hammann (1990); to Brachymetopidae by Adrain and Kloc (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mystrocephala Whittington
1990Mystrocephala Owens and Hammann
1997Mystrocephala Adrain and Kloc p. 709
2002Mystrocephala Jell and Adrain p. 409
2002Mystrocephala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
genusMystrocephalaWhittington 1960

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. †Mystrocephala Whittington 1960
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Mystrocephala pulchra Cooper and Cloud 1938
Mystrocephala stummi Fagerstrom 1961
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 410.62000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Ontario) M. sp. Ludvigsen 1987 (23102)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) M. stummi (3845)
Southwoodian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) M. varicella (188933)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Illinois) Cordania pulchra (54909)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) M. pulchra (94215) M. raripustulosus (94213)