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Staurocephalus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Staurocephalus Barrande
1957Staurocephalus Kielan
1961Staurocephalus Nikolaisen
1980Staurocephalus Owen and Bruton
1991Staurocephalus Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
2002Staurocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 447
2002Staurocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
familyStaurocephalidaePrantl and Pribyl 1947
genusStaurocephalusBarrande 1846

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. †Staurocephalus Barrande 1846
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†Staurocephalus clavifrons Angelin 1878
†Staurocephalus murchisoni Barrande 1846
†Staurocephalus pilafrons Owen and Bruton 1980
†Staurocephalus trichochin Kobayashi and Hamada 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-10 07:50:13
Modified: 2010-01-09 08:31:21
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Ludfordian or 458.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian - Sandbian467.3 - 453.0Canada (Northwest Terrorities) S. sp. (317)
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) S. sp. (316)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway S. sp. (2948)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (Gansu) S. sp. (23585)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hunan and Hubei) S. sp. (7714)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway (Asker) S. pilafrons (163199)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway S. sp., S. pilafrons (162532 163187)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) S. sp. (205628)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Ireland S. murchisoni (162246)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway S. sp., S. pilafrons (162533)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Norway S. sp., S. pilafrons (162634)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) S. clavifrons (192914)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Praha) S. clavifrons (151985) S. sp. (151986 151988)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Prague) S. sp. (76479)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic S. sp. (3879)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (GanSu) S. sp. (8570)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Vastergotland) S. sp. (165552)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarne) S. clavifrons (73451 165550) S. sp. (164811 165551)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Poland S. clavifrons (164846)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Maine) S. clavifrons (185954)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (3676 3681)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) S. sp. (3675)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Poland S. sp. (2760)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (50289)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Indiana) S. sp. (26803)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Czech Republic S. murchisoni (14046 14051 14093) S. sp. (14124)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Australia (Australian Capital Territories) S. struszi (25690)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Czech Republic S. murchisoni (14090)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Arkansas) S. lagena, S. oarion (26020 229058)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) S. obsoleta (24937) S. sp. (24942)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) S. obsoleta (24936 24938)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic S. murchisoni (14050 14102)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom S. murchisoni (165514)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic S. azuela (14104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Skikoku) S. sp. (188692) S. trichochin (188695)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Australia (New South Wales) S. mitchelli (25634)