Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Catillicephalidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Catillicephalidae Raymond
1997Catillicephalidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2011Catillicephalidae Adrain p. 108

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938
familyCatillicephalidaeRaymond 1938

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.

Fm. †Catillicephalidae Raymond 1938
show all | hide all
G. †Acheilops Ulrich 1931
+
†Acheilops masonensis Winston and Nicholls 1967
G. †Buttsia Wilson 1951
+
†Buttsia drabensis Wilson 1951
†Buttsia globosa Lu and Lin 1987
†Buttsia inexpectata Fortey 1980
†Buttsia parvula Khramova 1977
G. †Calculites Fortey 1983
+
†Calculites microps Rasetti 1944
†Calculites stevensi Fortey 1983
G. †Catillicephala Raymond 1937
+
†Catillicephala lata Raymond 1937
+
Invalid names: Catillicephala ovoides Raymond 1937 [synonym]
†Catillicephala rotunda Rasetti 1946
Invalid names: Cephalocoelia Raymond 1937 [replaced]
G. †Cryptoderaspis Rasetti 1946
G. †Distazeris Raymond 1937
+
G. †Agelagma Opik 1967
+
†Agelagma quadratum Öpik 1967
Invalid names: Paradistazeris Zhang et al. 1980 [synonym]
G. †Galeaspis Ivshin 1955
G. †Lajishanaspis Chu 1979
+
G. †Madarocephalus Resser 1938
G. †Matania Rasetti 1946
+
†Matania quadrata Robison 1988
G. †Onchonotellus Lermontova 1956
+
†Onchonotellus abnormis Ivshin 1956
†Onchonotellus fenghuangensis Duan et al. 1999
†Onchonotellus perlatus Ivshin 1962
†Onchonotellus privus Rozova 1968
†Onchonotellus tchecurensis Lazarenko 1966
Invalid names: Onchonotina Lu 1964 [synonym], Seletella Ivshin 1955 [synonym]
Subfm. †Onchonotininae Lu 1965
+
G. †Placosema Opik 1967
+
†Placosema bigranulosum Peng et al. 2004
G. †Onchonotopsis Rasetti 1946
G. †Onchonotus Raymond 1924
+
†Onchonotus convexus Rasetti 1944
†Onchonotus globosus Billings 1860
†Onchonotus granulatus Rasetti 1944
†Onchonotus nasutus Walcott 1911
†Onchonotus richardsoni Walcott 1911
G. †Pemphigaspis Hall 1863
+
Invalid names: Hallaspis Raasch and Lochman 1943 [synonym]
G. †Peracheilus Ludvigsen 1986
+
†Peracheilus communis Rasetti 1944
†Peracheilus gibbus Rasetti 1944
†Peracheilus latus Rasetti 1944
†Peracheilus marcoui Raymond 1924
†Peracheilus quadratus Ludvigsen et al. 1989
†Peracheilus spinosus Rasetti 1945
Invalid names: Acheilus Clark 1924 [replaced]
G. †Theodenisia Clark 1948
+
†Theodenisia brevis Rasetti 1944
†Theodenisia paulula Khramova 1977
Invalid names: Mannschreekia Stitt 1983 [synonym]
G. †Triarthropsis Ulrich 1931
+
†Triarthropsis limbata Rasetti 1959
†Triarthropsis marginata Rasetti 1945
G. †Tumidulaspis Romanenko 1967
G. †Tuojiangella Duan et al. 1999
+
†Tuojiangella tuojiangensis Duan et al. 1999
G. †Urbanaspis Ivshin 1953
G. †Welleraspis Kobayashi 1935
+
†Welleraspis jerseyensis Weller 1990
Invalid names: Avonaspis Lochman 1940 [synonym]
G. †Yukonaspis Kobayashi 1936
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 03:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:50:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Tremadoc or 500.50000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (251 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Buttsia drabensis (156659)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Pemphigaspis sp. (231)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) Welleraspis sp. (196375 196376)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Alaska) Onchonotopsis occidentalis (64770) Onchonotopsis sp. (64769)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) Buttsia pinga, Onchonotellus sp. (10175)
Mayan - Menevian504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Onchonotellus siligiricus (10004)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) Welleraspis group #2, Welleraspis group #1 (8273) Welleraspis spp. (8241 8272 8275 8279)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) Onchonotopsis pergibba, Cryptoderaspis metisensis, Catillicephala rotunda, Agelagma quadratum (49485) Onchonotopsis physala, Agelagma quadratum (49488) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (49482) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis, Matania quadrata (49484)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Pemphigaspis sp. (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Onchonotopis sp., Catillicephala lata, Catillicephala ovoides, Catillicephala rotunda (222)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) Cephalocoelia impressa (235509) Cephalocoelia lata (235503)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Pemphigaspis inexpectans (208621)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Welleraspis sp. (195678 196026)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Wisconsin) Pemphigaspis sp. (230)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Missouri) Welleraspis jerseyensis (214844)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Catillicephala tumicephala, Catillicephala rotunda (49481) Onchonotopsis perbigga, Onchonotopsis physala, Cryptoderaspis metisensis, Catillicephala rotunda (49433) Onchonotopsis pergibba, Catillicephala rotunda (49434 49450 49454) Onchonotopsis pergibba, Cryptoderaspis metisensis, Matania matuta, Welleraspis newfoundlandensis, Catillicephala rotunda (49453) Onchonotopsis pergibba, Onchonotopsis physala, Welleraspis newfoundlandensis, Catillicephala rotunda, Agelagma quadratum (49449) Onchonotopsis physala, Cryptoderaspis metisensis, Welleraspis newfoundlandensis, Catillicephala rotunda (49483) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis, Catillicephala rotunda (49435)
Mayan - Ayusokkanian504.5 - 497.0Russian Federation Buttsia contracta, Onchonotellus conusoides, Seletella borea, Seletella subquadrata, Theodenisia glabra, Theodenisia dissortis, Buttsia parvula (81113) Theodenisia paulula, Buttsia parvula (232895 232896)
Menevian - St Davids504.5 - 497.0USA (South Dakota) Welleraspis spp. (8199)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Buttsia globosa (126311 126314 126330 126346 126347 126348 126439 128931) Buttsia globosa, Paradistazeris hunanensis (49181) Buttsia globosa, Paradistazeris hunanensis, Paradistazeris rotundus (126327) Buttsia globosa, Paradistazeris rotundus (126328) Buttsia spectabilis (128929) Buttsia spectabilis, Distazeris dongtingensis, Distazeris hubeiensis, Distazeris hunanensis (128930) Distazeris hunanensis (130012) Madarocephalus orientalis (49174 49175 49176 49298 126304) Madarocephalus orientalis, Buttsia globosa (49177) Onchonotellus curvitensus, Buttsia globosa, Paradistazeris hubeiensis (49182) Paradistazeris hubeiensis (126317 126318 126319 126322 126324) Paradistazeris hunanensis (49188) Paradistazeris hunanensis, Placosema bigranulosum (49187) Paradistazeris rotundus (126325 126329) Paradistazeris sp. (107050)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (198256)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Onchonotellus tchecurensis (132491)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Chongqing) Distazeris sichuanensis (128045)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Zhejiang) Buttsia globosa (125542 125686)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Agelagma sp. (227789)
Guzhangian - Paibian500.5 - 494.2China (Hubei) Lajishanaspis subsphaericus (130259)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Altai (Region)) Buttsia pinga, Tumidulaspis sp. (10064)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Agelagma sp. (118235 118238 118240) Pemphigaspis sp., Matania sp. (118158)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Catillicephalidae indet., Paradistazeris sp. (236880)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) Placosema caelatum (77515)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Onchonotellus privus (131065 131066)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) Placosema bigranulosum (49195 126130 126131)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Buttsia completa (156632) Buttsia drabensis (9262 9263 9264 62082 156631 156635 156636 156637 156638 156640 156641 156643 156645 156647 156658 156666)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Onchonotellus abnormis (118348 118350 118367 118369 118370 118371 118372 118373 118375 118376 118379 118380 122766)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Distazeris acuta, Pemphigaspis intermedia, Onchonotopis kobluki (55211) Welleraspis torontoria (55224 55277 55278)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Pemphigaspis bullata (7199 8021)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Pemphigaspis sp. (62201)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Buttsia drabensis (77107)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Onchonotellus sp. (55303)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Buttsia drabensis (221069)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) Buttsia sp. (197982)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Buttsia drabensis (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85South Korea Placosema bigranulosum (236863 236864 236865)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Triarthropsis nitida (229380)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Buttsia drabensis (229129 229131 229193 229194 229196)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) Acheilops sp. (6870) Acheilus laevis, Yukonaspis sp., Theodenisia gibba (6871) Catillicephala sp., Onchonotopis sp. (217) Theodenisia macrops (8976)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Hallaspis matutina, Welleraspis newfoundlandensis (77696) Pemphigaspis intermedia (77700)
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Onchonotellus kuruktagensis, Onchonotellus fenghuangensis, Tuojiangella tuojiangensis (130015)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) Onchonotellus abnormis (126659) Onchonotellus kuruktagensis (126666 126690 126710 126711)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) Onchonotellus abnormis (133591 133592)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Onchonotellus abnormis (132508)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) Onchonotina vigilans (125557 125566 125693)
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Onchonotellus sp. (228193)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Acheilops montis, Acheilus oklahomensis (54093) Theodenisia sp. A, Theodenisia sp. B, Triarthropsis marginata (81298) Theodenisia sp., Triarthropsis marginata (54096) Triarthropsis nitida, Acheilops montis, Theodenisia sp. A, Triarthropsis marginata (81297) Triarthropsis nitida, Acheilops montis, Theodenisia sp., Triarthropsis marginata (54094) Triarthropsis sp. (54091) Triarthropsis sp., Theodenisia sp. (81301)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Nevada) Triarthropsis sp., Triarthropsis limbata (235995)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (New York) Acheilops masonensis (85185 85187)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Acheilus confossus, Yukonaspis kindlei, Onchonotus convexus, Peracheilus spinosus, Peracheilus latus (81270) Acheilus laevis, Theodenisia clavata, Theodenisia falcata, Onchonotus convexus, Peracheilus latus, Theodenisia gibba (81271) Onchonotus antiqus, Theodenisia communis (81277) Peracheilus insolitus, Onchonotus convexus (81286) Theodenisia triangularis, Onchonotus richardsoni (81284) Yukonaspis kindlei, Onchonotus convexus (81287) Yukonaspis kindlei, Onchonotus convexus, Peracheilus latus, Theodenisia gibba (81272) Yukonaspis kindlei, Onchonotus granulatus, Peracheilus quadratus (81285) Yukonaspis kindlei, Theodenisia clavata, Onchonotus convexus, Peracheilus spinosus, Acheilus levisensis (81269)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Acheilops masonensis (240387) Theodenisia sp. undet., Acheilops masonensis (240459) Triarthropsis limbata (240462 240473) Triarthropsis marginata (240451 240454)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan Onchonotellus abnormis (118382 118446 118447 118450 118451 118453 118454 118455 118456 118457 118458) Onchonotellus perlatus (118445)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Onchonotellus sp. (126726)
Payntonian - Datsonian491.0 - 486.85Australia (Tasmania) Onchonotellus sp. (62281)
Stage 10 - Skullrockian491.0 - 483.4USA (Oklahoma) Triarthropsis marginata (240384)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Buttsia drabensis (62079 62080 62083 62084 62085 62086 62092 62093 62094 62095)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Theodenisia brevicollis, Theodenisia clavata, Theodenisia falcata, Onchonotus convexus, Theodenisia spinosa, Theodenisia gibba (8933) Theodenisia clavata (8934)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Acheilus brevis, Onchonotus globosus, Onchonotus nasutus, Onchonotus granulatus (224140) Acheilus communis (224134) Acheilus communis, Acheilus limbatus, Onchonotus richardsoni (224136) Acheilus depressus (224149) Acheilus marcoui (224141) Acheilus microps, Acheilus communis, Onchonotus richardsoni (224139) Onchonotus convexus, Acheilus latus, Acheilus gibbus (224137) Onchonotus globosus, Onchonotus nasutus (224150) Onchonotus nasutus (224138) Onchonotus richardsoni (224133 224142) Theodenisia convexa (8935)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Triarthropsis nitida (9774)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Triarthropsis sp. (54119)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Acheilops masonensis (216016 219648) Theodenisia brevis (219657) Triarthropsis nitida, Acheilops masonensis (219656) Triarthropsis sp. (216017 216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Yukonaspis kindlei (55285 55311 55312 55313)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Acheilops sp., Theodenisia falcata, Acheilus monile, Acheilus oryx (105870) Acheilus monile (105871) Acheilus oryx (105856) Theodenisia gibba (105858) Yukonaspis kindlei (105857)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Acheilops sp. (256)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) Acheilops masonensis (240193)
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Buttsia inexpectata (106472)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Yukon) Yukonaspis kindlei (55315)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland) Theodenisia sp. (198242)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Calculites stevensi (105854) Triarthropsis nitida, Yukonaspis kindlei (81289) Yukonaspis kindlei (81290)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina Buttsia australis, Pemphigaspis perforata (8897)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Onchonotus sp. (78091)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Distazeris adoceta (75589)