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Dikelocephaliidae (disused)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephaliidae was named by Miller (1889). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Dikelocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Adrain (2011) and Wernette et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Dikelocephalacea by Hughes (1994); to Asaphida by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Trilobita by Adrain (2011); and to Dikelocephaloidea by Wernette et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Dikelocephaliidae Miller
1930Saukiidae Ulrich and Resser
1968Saukiidae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 795
1994Dikelocephaliidae Hughes
1997Saukiidae Whittington et al. p. 301
2002Dikelocephalidae Jell and Adrain p. 469
2011Dikelocephalidae Adrain p. 108
2020Dikelocephalidae Wernette et al. p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephaliidaeMiller 1889
familyDikelocephaliidaeMiller 1889

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. †Dikelocephaliidae Miller 1889
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available