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Sigmocheilus flabellifer

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus flabellifer was named by Hall and Whitfield (1877). Its type specimen is USNM 24569, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sigmocheilus flabellifer by Palmer (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Dikelocephalus flabellifer Hall and Whitfield p. 227
1960Sigmocheilus serratus Palmer p. 91 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 1
1965Sigmocheilus flabellifer Palmer p. 73

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyPterocephaliinae
genusSigmocheilus
speciesflabellifer(Hall and Whitfield 1877)

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.

Sigmocheilus flabellifer Hall and Whitfield 1877
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Invalid names: Sigmocheilus serratus Palmer 1960 [synonym]
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Sigmocheilus flabellifer (110624 110625 110626 110627 110628 110629 111327 111328 114301) Sigmocheilus serratus (75273)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Sigmocheilus flabellifer (55225)