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Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) steinachensis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Trimerocephalus) steinachensis was named by Richter and Richter (1926). It is the type species of Pulvinocephalus, Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus).

It was recombined as Trimerocephalus steinachensis by Crônier (2003); it was recombined as Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) steinachensis by Feist (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Phacops (Trimerocephalus) steinachensis Richter and Richter p. 180 figs. pl. 10, figs 76–79
2003Trimerocephalus steinachensis Crônier p. 63–66
2019Pulvinocephalus (Pulvinocephalus) steinachensis Feist p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPulvinocephalus
subgenusPulvinocephalus
speciessteinachensis(Richter and Richter 1926)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany Pulvinocephalus triangulus (223534)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Germany Pulvinocephalus steinachensis (223526 223527) Pulvinocephalus triangulus (223536)