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Arthricocephalus fuyangensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Arthricocephalus fuyangensis was named by Ju (1983). It is not extant. Its type locality is Zhejiang, Dachenling Formation, which is in a Duyunian marine horizon in the Dachenling Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. laterilobatus, A. sanxikouensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Arthricocephalus fuyangensis Ju

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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
speciesfuyangensis

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.

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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Duyunian or 514.00000 to 509.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duyunian514.0 - 509.0China (Zhejiang) Arthricocephalus fuyangensis (type locality: 129765)