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Crepicephalus thoosa

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae

Taxonomy
Crepicephalus thoosa was named by Walcott (1916) [Lochman (1940) re-ided specimens from 1a & 1a' as Tricrepicephalus walcotti (Lochman 1936).].

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Crepicephalus thoosa Walcott pp. 214 - 215 figs. pl. 31 f. 1b-k, not 1a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCrepicephalidae
genusCrepicephalusOwen 1852
speciesthoosa

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.

Crepicephalus thoosa Walcott 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:06:08
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:06:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dresbachian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Tennessee) Crepicephalus thoosa (156379)