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Amecephalus laticaudum

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare laticaudum was named by Resser (1939). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 96517.

It was recombined as Amecephalus laticaudum by Sundberg (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Alokistocare laticaudum Resser p. 17 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 15-19
1999Amecephalus laticaudum Sundberg p. 1131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAmecephalusWalcott 1924
specieslaticaudum()

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.

†Amecephalus laticaudum Resser 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-02 14:42:12
Modified: 2009-06-02 16:42:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Toyonian or 511.20000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation Alokistocare laticaudum (225260)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Amecephalus laticaudum (77203 77204 77205)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) Alokistocare laticaudum (76096)