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Stigmacephalus oweni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Conocephalites oweni was named by Hall (1863).

It was recombined as Conaspis oweni by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Stigmacephalus oweni by Resser (1937) and Westrop (1986).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Conocephalites oweni Hall p. 155 figs. pl. 8, figs. 17, 20
1914Conaspis oweni Walcott p. 357
1937Stigmacephalus oweni Resser p. 26
1986Stigmacephalus oweni Westrop

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusStigmacephalusResser 1937
speciesoweni(Hall 1863)

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.

Stigmacephalus oweni Hall 1863
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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: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) Stigmacephalus oweni (54087 64686)