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Taenicephalites macrops

Artiopoda - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Taenicephalites macrops was named by Rasetti (1961). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 143095. It is the type species of Taenicephalites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Taenicephalites macrops Rasetti p. 118 figs. pl. 25, figs. 1-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusTaenicephalites
speciesmacrops

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.

Taenicephalites macrops Rasetti 1961
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Vermont) Taenicephalites macrops (8977)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Taenicephalites macrops (62204 62205)