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Euarthricocephalus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Arthricocephalus (Euarthricocephalus) was named by Ju (1983). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Euarthricocephalus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Arthricocephalus by Ju (1983); and to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Arthricocephalus (Euarthricocephalus) Ju
2002Euarthricocephalus Jell and Adrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusEuarthricocephalus()

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. †Euarthricocephalus Ju 1983
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†Euarthricocephalus taijiangensis Zhou and Yuan 2002
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Taijangian or 514.50000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) E. sp. 1 (125157 125158)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Zhejiang) Arthricocephalus laterilobatus, Arthricocephalus sanxikouensis (129765)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) E. sp. (125168) E. sp. 2 (125159 125169 125171) E. taijiangensis (128100 128117 128118 128251 128252 128253 128254 128257 128258 128261 128262 128263 128264)