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Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites)

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) was named by Chien and Lin (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Sepkoski's reference number: 463]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Arthricocephalites by Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Arthricocephalus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Arthricocephalus by Chien and Lin (1974); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) Chien and Lin
2002Arthricocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusArthricocephalusBergeron 1899
subgenusArthricocephalitesChien and Lin 1974

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.

Subg. †Arthricocephalus (Arthricocephalites) Chien and Lin 1974
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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 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Duyunian or 514.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Jiangsu) Arthricocephalus granulus (127385)
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Zhejiang) Arthricocephalus fenshuiensis, Arthricocephalus sp. (129765) Arthricocephalus granulus (125681) Arthricocephalus sp., Arthricocephalus granulus (125530)