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Laticephalus

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Edelsteinaspididae

Taxonomy
Laticephalus was named by Pokrovskaya (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-l Sepkoski's reference number: 522]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Repina et al. (1999); to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Edelsteinaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Laticephalus Pokrovskaya
1999Laticephalus Repina et al. p. 27
2002Laticephalus Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Laticephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyEdelsteinaspididaeHupé 1953
genusLaticephalusPokrovskaya 1959

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. †Laticephalus Pokrovskaya 1959
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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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:24:13
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:24:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Yakutia) L. astrictus (174246 232979)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) L. trapezoidalis (81469)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) L. astrictus, L. firmus (57020) L. firmus, L. verrucosus (57021) L. verrucosus, L. lobatus, L. sp., L. intensus (57022)