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Praepatokephalus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Praepatokephalus was named by Lochman (1964).

It was assigned to Trilobita by Whittington (1968); and to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Praepatokephalus Lochman
1968Praepatokephalus Whittington
2002Praepatokephalus Jell and Adrain p. 429

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPraepatokephalusLochman 1964

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.

G. †Praepatokephalus Lochman 1964
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Gasconadian or 478.60000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Montana) P. sp. (275)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Missouri) P. sp. A (98347)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) P. sp. (78095)