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Hadrocephalites convexus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida

Taxonomy
Schistometopus convexus was named by Rasetti (1951). Its type specimen is USNM 11620 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hadrocephalites convexus by Sundberg and McCollum (2002), Sundberg (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Schistometopus convexus Rasetti pp. 238 - 239 figs. Plate 13, figures 17-22
2002Hadrocephalites convexus Sundberg and McCollum p. 87
2004Hadrocephalites convexus Sundberg pp. Appendix 2

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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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
suborderPtychopariinaRichter 1933
superfamilyPtychopariaceaMatthew 1887
genusHadrocephalites
speciesconvexus()

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.

Hadrocephalites convexus Rasetti 1951
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2012-08-27 22:20:36
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:20:36
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Delamaran or 508.20000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus convexus (225263 225264)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) Schistometopus convexus (56703 56704 56717 56718 56720 56721)