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Staurocephalites

Polychaeta - Eunicemorpha

Taxonomy
Staurocephalites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eunicemorpha by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Staurocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderEunicemorpha
genusStaurocephalites

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
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 10:49:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:49:26
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Late/Upper Callovian or 453.80000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) S. sp. (26270)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) S. sp. (142143)