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Crotalocephalus struszi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Crotalocephalus struszi was named by Chatterton and Wright (1986). Its type specimen is AMF 65384, a pygidium, and it is a cast. Its type locality is Flirtation Hill, which is in a Zlichovian/Daleje marine limestone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Crotalocephalus struszi Chatterton and Wright p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCrotalocephalusBeyrich 1845
speciesstruszi

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.

Crotalocephalus struszi Chatterton and Wright 1986
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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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-13 03:58:38
Modified: 2010-01-13 05:58:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Zlichovian to the top of the Daleje or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zlichovian - Daleje410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Crotalocephalus struszi (type locality: 188101)