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Pulvinocephalus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy

Pulvinocephalus was named by Feist (2019). Its type is Phacops (Trimerocephalus) steinachensis.

It was assigned to Phacopidae by Feist (2019).

Species

P. (Cryphopsides), P. (Pulvinocephalus)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2019	Pulvinocephalus Feist pp. 10 - 12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Phacopida	Salter 1864
suborder	Phacopina	Struve 1959
superfamily	Phacopoidea	Hupe 1953
family	Phacopidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
genus	Pulvinocephalus

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. †Pulvinocephalus Feist 2019

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Subg. †Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) Feist 2019

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†Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) latilimbatus Maximova 1955

†Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) ovatus Feist 2019

†Pulvinocephalus (Cryphopsides) walliseri Feist 2019

Subg. †Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) Feist 2019

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†Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) steinachensis Richter and Richter 1926

†Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) steinachensis triangulus Feist 2019

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R. Feist 2019	Reduced-eyed or blind with palpebral suture running onto cheek; anterior border cushion-like inflated, protruding beyond front of glabella, vincular furrow rather long (sag.) and shallow; pygidium transverse, axis high, narrow, almost reaching posterior edge.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalc

Diet:

carnivoresubo

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-06-11 18:21:11

Modified:

2009-12-16 01:24:24

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class

References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 372.15000 to 365.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian	372.15 - 368.5	Germany	P. ovatus (223553) P. triangulus (223534) P. walliseri (223554)
Early/Lower Famennian	372.15 - 368.5	Russian Federation	Phacops latilimbatus (223552)
Middle Famennian	368.5 - 365.2	Germany	P. steinachensis (223526 223527) P. triangulus, P. ovatus (223536)