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Cheilocephalus brevilobus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae

Taxonomy
Lisania breviloba was named by Walcott (1916).

It was recombined as Pseudolisania breviloba by Resser (1938); it was recombined as Cheilocephalus breviloba by Palmer (1954); it was recombined as Cheilocephalus brevilobus by Palmer (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Lisania breviloba Walcott p. 404 figs. pl. 66 figs. 3, 3c.
1938Pseudolisania maschi Lochman p. 77 figs. pl. 18, figs. 25-34
1938Pseudolisania texana Lochman p. 80 figs. pl. 18, figs. 35-38
1938Pseudolisania breviloba Resser p. 96 figs. pl. 16 fig. 17.
1954Cheilocephalus breviloba Palmer p. 759 figs. pl. 88, figs. 1-4.
1965Cheilocephalus brevilobus Palmer pp. 30 - 31 figs. Plate 1, figures 9-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyCheilocephalidaeShaw 1956
genusCheilocephalusBerkey 1898
speciesbrevilobus(Walcott 1916)

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.

Cheilocephalus brevilobus Walcott 1916
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Invalid names: Pseudolisania maschi Lochman 1938 [synonym], Pseudolisania texana Lochman 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available