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Lonchocephalidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Lonchocephalidae Hupé
1997Lonchocephalidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2002Lonchocephalidae Jell and Adrain
2011Lonchocephalidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955
familyLonchocephalidaeHupé 1955

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. †Lonchocephalidae Hupé 1955
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G. †Amiaspis Lochmann 1944
G. †Bolaspidellus Lazerenko and Datsenko 1967
G. †Calymenidius Rasetti 1944
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†Calymenidius tuberculatus Rasetti 1944
G. †Caulaspina Rozova 1963
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†Caulaspina convexa Rozova 1963
G. †Caulaspis Rozova 1960
G. †Durinia Robison 1988
G. †Glaphyraspis Resser 1937
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†Glaphyraspis ovata Rasetti 1961
†Glaphyraspis parva Walcott 1899
†Glaphyraspis parviformis Ergaliev 1980
Invalid names: Raaschella Lochmann 1938 [synonym]
G. †Hawkinsaspis Rasetti 1968
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Invalid names: Hawkinsia Rasetti 1965 [replaced]
G. †Interalia Opik 1967
G. †Kuraspis Chernysheva 1959
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†Kuraspis acricula Rozova 1963
†Kuraspis antiqua Rozova 1964
†Kuraspis similis Chernysheva 1960
G. †Kuraspoides Ogienko and Garina 1999
G. †Lonchocephalus Owen 1852
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Invalid names: Bucksella Howel 1957 [synonym]
G. †Monosulcatina Rozova 1963
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†Monosulcatina laeve Rozova 1963
G. †Neoglaphyraspis Yuan and Yin 1998
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†Neoglaphyraspis nitida Yuan and Yin 1998
†Neoglaphyraspis trapezoidalis Yuan and Yin 1998
G. †Neograciella Özdikmen 2006
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†Neograciella graciensis Rozova 1963
Invalid names: Graciella Rozova 1963 [replaced]
G. †Nordia Rozova 1968
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†Nordia lepida Rozova 1968
G. †Olegaspis Ivshin 1962
G. †Pseudotalbotina Benedetto 1977
G. †Quebecaspis Rasetti 1944
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†Quebecaspis breviceps Rasetti 1944
†Quebecaspis conifrons Rasetti 1961
†Quebecaspis marylandica Rasetti 1961
G. †Raashellina Rozova 1963
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†Raashellina paula Rozova 1963
G. †Talbotina Lochman 1938
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†Talbotina degrasensis Lochman 1938
†Talbotina levisensis Rasetti 1944
†Talbotina solitaris Lochman 1938
G. †Terranovella Lochman 1938
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†Terranovella arcuata Palmer and in Palmer and Peel 1981
†Terranovella brevis Palmer 1965
†Terranovella dorsalis Hall 1863
†Terranovella obscura Lochman 1938
G. †Trymataspis Robison 1964
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†Trymataspis depressa Robinson 1964
G. †Weeksina Resser 1935
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†Weeksina granulatus Walcott 1916
†Weeksina unispinus Walcott 1916
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 04:22:14
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:22:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Chazyan or 509.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (172 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Lonchocephalus sp. (230 268)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Talbotina sp., Terranovella sp. (196375 196376) Terranovella sp. (195766)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) Trymataspis depressa (134113)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0USA (Utah) Trymataspis depressa (77278)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Kuraspis praecox (10118) Kuraspis quadrata (10036) Kuraspis quadrata, Kuraspoides planus (10026 10040) Kuraspis quadrata, Kuraspoides spinata (10033) Kuraspoides planus (10025)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Utah) Lonchocephalus pholus, Weeksina unispina (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Durinia granulosa (49433 49483) Durinia granulosa, Hawkinsia sp. (49449) Glaphyraspis alpha, Durinia granulosa (49453)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Talbotina sp. (196026 196027)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Trymataspis depressa (77271 230679)
Marjumian - Steptoean504.5 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland) Terranovella sp. (196021 196024 196100)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Neoglaphyraspis nitida (49176 49181 126317 126323 126324 126330 126346 126348 126444)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Talbotina degrasensis, Talbotina solitaris (198256) Terranovella obscura (198257) Terranovella sp. (197977)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Lonchocephalus sp. (208621)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Guizhou) Neoglaphyraspis nitida (125072) Neoglaphyraspis nitida, Neoglaphyraspis trapezoidalis (125073)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Kuraspoides planus (10034 10035 10038 10039) Kuraspoides spinata (10027 10031 10032)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Russian Federation (Yakut) Kuraspis obscura (232897)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Glaphyraspis quadrata, Glaphyraspis parviformis (118244 118245)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Monosulcatina sp. (133602 133610)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8USA (South Dakota) Glaphyraspis sp. (8937)
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kuraspis similis (131072 131093 131345 131423)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kuraspis acricula (131071 131420) Raashellina paula (131344) Raashellina paula, Kuraspis acricula (131070)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kuraspis antiqua (131065 131066)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0USA (Texas) Raaschella ornata (208655 208656 208674 208688 208700 208724 208725 208745 208746 208840 208841 208983 208991)
Dresbachian - Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Terranovella dorsalis (54236 78935)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Glaphyraspis ornata (114288 114592)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Glaphyraspis ovata (156636 156640 156641 156647 156670)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (South Dakota) Glaphyraspis parva (7293 7376 7378 7397 7401 7685 8022)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Montana) Glaphyraspis parva (8662)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Vermont) Quebecaspis hemiphaerica, Quebecaspis marylandica (8977)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Glaphyraspis davidis (55222) Glaphyraspis davidis, Terranovella dorsalis (55221 55279) Glaphyraspis parva (55223 55280 55282) Lonchocephalus pholus (55211)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) Glaphyraspis occidentalis (8954) Lonchocephalus sp. (8956) Raaschella occidentalis (56145 56146) Talbotina sp. (224)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) Glaphyraspis sp. (236)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) Weeksina unispina (50592)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Talbotina degrasensis (54235) Terranovella arcuata (78933)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Nunavut) Terranovella dorsalis (10775 10776 10777)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Lonchocephalus sp. (25605)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota ) Glaphyraspis sp. (235)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Alaska) Quebecaspis aspinosa (64803) Quebecaspis aspinosa, Quebecaspis conifrons (64800) Quebecaspis sp. (64799 64802 225279 225280)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Virginia) Glaphyraspis parva, Terranovella dorsalis (62201) Quebecaspis marylandica, Quebecaspis conifrons (62204 62205)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Terranovella obscura (196379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Amiaspis erratica (7182 7183) Amiaspis erratica, Terranovella dorsalis (7286 7294 7400 7402 8021) Glaphyraspis newtoni (7404) Glaphyraspis parva (7185 7194 7195) Terranovella dorsalis (7374 7375 8082)
Dresbachian - Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) Talbotina degrasensis (197979)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) Calymenidius acutus (55302)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Virginia) Glaphyraspis ovata (62184)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Alberta) Calymenidius sp. (229380)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) Lonchocephalus sp. (156417 156420) Terranovella sp. (156480)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) Lonchocephalus planus (77661 77664 77670 77693 77697) Lonchocephalus swartzi (77695) Lonchocephalus waddlei (77696)
Tavgian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Caulaspina convexa (131068)
Ketyan495.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Monosulcatina laeve (131098 131099 131347 131352 131411 131425)
Yurakian495.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Kuraspis sp. (131346 131424) Nordia lepida, Graciella graciensis (131096 131097)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (New York) Lonchocephalus calciferus (74540 74541)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Quebecaspis breviceps (224148) Talbotina levisensis (224143)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Monosulcatina laeve (132599 132602)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina Pseudotalbotina ovalis (8897)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Calymenidius sp. (104861)