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Lonchocephalus chippewaensis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Taxonomy
Lonchocephalus chippewaensis was named by Owen (1852). Its type specimen is AMNH 279 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lonchocephalus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Lonchocephalus chippewaensis Owen p. 576 figs. pl.. 1, figs. 6, 14; pl. la, fig. 9
1860Conocephalites minutus Bradley pp. 241 - 242 figs. 1-3
1884Ptychoparia minutus Walcott p. 91
1912Ptychoparia minuta Walcott pp. 267-268 figs. pl. 43, figs. 20-24
1916Lonchocephalus minutus Walcott pp. 193 - 194 figs. Plate 34, figs. 4, 4a-g

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
genusLonchocephalusOwen 1852
specieschippewaensisOwen 1852

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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Invalid names: Lonchocephalus minutus Bradley 1860 [synonym]
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (New York) Ptychoparia minuta (74542 74543 74545 74546 74547 74550)