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Blandicephalus texanus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Blandicephalus texanus was named by Palmer (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 123320, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Coll. 33-CO, which is in a Paibian marine sandstone/limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Blandicephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Blandicephalus texanus Palmer p. 749 figs. Pl. 85, fig. 7-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBlandicephalus
speciestexanus

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.

Blandicephalus texanus Palmer 1954
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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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Texas) Blandicephalus texanus (type locality: 208989)