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Briscoia devinei

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus devinei was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 869c, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Conocephalites devinei by Matthew (1893); it was recombined as Ptychoparia devinei by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Briscoia devinei by Rasetti (1944).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dikelocephalus devinei Billings
1893Conocephalites devinei Matthew
1914Ptychoparia devinei Walcott
1944Briscoia devinei Rasetti p. 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusBriscoiaWalcott 1924
speciesdevinei(Billings 1865)

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.

Briscoia devinei Billings 1865
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
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