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Phorocephala typa

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Phorocephala typa was named by Lu (1965). It is the type species of Phorocephala.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phorocephala typa Lu

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusPhorocephalaLu 1965
speciestypaLu 1965

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.

Phorocephala typa Lu 1965
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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 mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:13:25
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:33:12
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available