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Elliptocephala
Taxonomy
Elliptocephala was named by Emmons (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u]. Its type is Elliptocephala asaphoides.
It was synonymized subjectively with Olenus by Hall (1847); it was reranked as Olenellus (Elliptocephalus) by Ford (1877); it was replaced with Georgiellus by Moberg (1899); it was corrected as Elliptocephalus by Whittington et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1877); to Mesonacidae by Walcott (1910); to Holmiinae by Palmer and Repina (1993); to Holmiidae by Whittington et al. (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wanneriidae by Lieberman (1999), Hollingsworth (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Olenus by Hall (1847); it was reranked as Olenellus (Elliptocephalus) by Ford (1877); it was replaced with Georgiellus by Moberg (1899); it was corrected as Elliptocephalus by Whittington et al. (1997), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Olenellus by Ford (1877); to Mesonacidae by Walcott (1910); to Holmiinae by Palmer and Repina (1993); to Holmiidae by Whittington et al. (1997), Jell and Adrain (2002); to Olenellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wanneriidae by Lieberman (1999), Hollingsworth (2005).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Elliptocephala Emmons p. 21 |
| 1877 | Olenellus (Elliptocephalus) Ford pp. 265-272 figs. Pl. 4, Figs 1 - 10 |
| 1910 | Elliptocephala Walcott p. 267 |
| 1993 | Elliptocephala Palmer and Repina p. 26 fig. 6.7 |
| 1997 | Elliptocephalus Whittington et al. p. 414 |
| 1999 | Elliptocephala Lieberman p. 53 |
| 2002 | Elliptocephala Jell and Adrain p. 370 |
| 2002 | Elliptocephalus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Elliptocephala Hollingsworth p. 133 |
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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.
G. †Elliptocephala Emmons 1844
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†Elliptocephala asaphoides Emmons 1844
†Elliptocephala bicensis Walcott 1910
†Elliptocephala jaredi Gapp and Lieberman 2014
†Elliptocephala laxocules Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala logani Walcott 1910
†Elliptocephala lundgreni Moberg 1892
†Elliptocephala mediocris Poulsen 1958
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Invalid names: Elliptocephala ruginosa Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala subglabra Poulsen 1958 [synonym], Elliptocephala troelseni Poulsen 1958 [synonym]
†Elliptocephala mirabilis Poulsen 1958
†Elliptocephala paraoculus Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala parvifrons Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala praenuntius Cowie 1968
†Elliptocephala sequomalus Fritz 1972
†Elliptocephala walcotti Lieberman 1999
Invalid names: Ebenezeria Marcou 1888 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993 | Holmiinae with posterior margin of cephalon straight or slightly angled forward distal to intergenal swelling. Intergenal spine absent. Posterior tips of ocular lobes opposite or slightly anterior to occipital furrow. Sagittal length of preglabellar field equal to or slightly greater than that of anterior border. Thorax mod- erately wide, consisting of 18 segments, pleural regions of adults lacking macropleurae. Fifteenth through eighteenth segments with strong axial spines. Pygidium small, subquadrate, with single pair of short an terolateral spines. External surface with some reticulate areas. | |
| B. S. Lieberman 1999 | Length (sag.) of L4 equal to roughly 1.5 times length of L0 and L1 (sag.); anterior margins of frontal lobe at each side of midline deflected posteriorly at roughly 40 de- gree angle relative to transverse line; lateral margins of L4 distal to lateral margins of L0; preocular furrow on L4 directed inward and forward from glabellar margin; posterior margins of L4 divergent anteriorly; distal margins of L3 convex outward; middle sector of S3 convex anteriorly; L2 and L3 do not merge; distal margins of L2 diverging anteriorly; line between ends of S2 transverse; S2 convex anteriorly; ocular lobe with prominent ocu- lar furrow; line from posterior tip of ocular lobe to junction of posterior margin of lobe with glabella forms 10 to 20 degree angle with sagittal line; anterodistal margins of L3 formed by ocular lobes; intergenal angle developed posterior of point halfway between oc- ular lobes and genal spine angle; genal and intergenal ridges prominently developed; dis- tal sector of S0 with proximal end well posterior of distal end; axial part of L0 with node; posterior margin of L0 convex posteriorly; lateral lobes on L0 absent; thoracic pleural fur- rows extend onto spines; length (exsag.) of furrows equal to length of posterior band; an- terior margin of thoracic pleural furrow on T3 parallels a transverse line before flexing strongly posteriorly; long spine on 15th thoracic segment, spine broad (tr.) at its base; py- gidium twice as broad as long, posterior margin weakly convex. |
Measurements
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Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 509.70000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Caerfai | USA (New York) | E. sp. (181) | |
| Early/Lower Cambrian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Olenellus laxocules, Olenellus sequomalus, Wanneria parvifrons (156177) Olenellus paraoculus (156186) Olenellus truemani (156169) | |
| Cambrian | Canada (Northern Territories) | E. jaredi (228647) E. logani, E. jaredi (228648 228650) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Newfoundland) | E. logani (195905 195925) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Yukon Territory) | Wanneria logani (156214) Wanneria sp. (156212) | |
| Dyeran | USA (Nevada) | E. praenuntius (204959) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Labrador) | Wanneria logani (195759) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Alberta) | Olenellus laxocules (10884) | |
| Dyeran | USA (New York) | E. asaphoides (78762 78763 78764 78765 78766 78767 203403 225104) E. sp. (182) | |
| Dyeran | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Wanneria logani (9900) |