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Ellipsocephalus gripi

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocephalus gripi was named by Kautsky (1945).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Ellipsocephalus gripi Kautsky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyEllipsocephalinaeMathew 1887
genusEllipsocephalusZenker 1833
speciesgripiKautsky 1945

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.

Ellipsocephalus gripi Kautsky 1945
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:46:17
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:46:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Toyonian or 512.10000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Sweden (Lappland) Ellipsocephalus gripi (190924)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Norway (Mjøsa) Ellipsocephalus gripi (174259)