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Ellipsocephalinae

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Ellipsocephalidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ellipsocephalinae Mathew
1980Ellipsocephalinae Ahlberg
2008Ellipsocephalinae Landing et al. p. 893

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyEllipsocephaloideaLin 1990
familyEllipsocephalidaeMatthew 1887
subfamilyEllipsocephalinaeMathew 1887
subfamilyEllipsocephalinaeMathew 1887

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.

Subfm. †Ellipsocephalinae Mathew 1887
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G. †Ellipsocephalus Zenker 1833
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†Ellipsocephalus gripi Kautsky 1945
Invalid names: Germaropyge Snajdr 1957 [synonym]
G. †Ornamentaspis Geyer 1990
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G. †Strenuaeva Richter and Richter 1940
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†Strenuaeva inflata Ahlberg and Bergström 1978
Invalid names: Hindermeyeria Hupe 1953 [synonym]
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:00:08
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:00:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Undillan or 521.00000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caerfai538.8 - 509.0Canada (New Brunswick) Ellipsocephalus galeatus (34571 34572 34597)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Sweden (Lappland) Ellipsocephalus gripi (190924)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Norway (Troms) Ellipsocephalus sp. (190927) Strenuaeva inflata (190925 190926)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) Ellipsocephalus sp. (250)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Sweden Ellipsocephalus nordenskioeldi (87212)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Poland Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis (7905) Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis, Strenuaeva primaeva, Strenuaeva orlowinensis (72261)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain Strenueva annio, Strenueva vigilans (225087)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Poland Ellipsocephalus sanctacrucensis, Strenuaeva orlowinensis (153007)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Norway (Mjosen) Ellipsocephalus nordenskjoldi (42220)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Spain (Andalucia) Strenueva sampelayoi, Strenueva melendezi (8093)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) Ellipsocephalus sp. (81480) Strenuaeva repentina (81472)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Sweden Ellipsocephalus lunatus (87214) Ellipsocephalus lunatus, Strenuaeva sp. (87123) Strenuaeva sp. (87187)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Norway (Mjøsa) Ellipsocephalus linnarssoni, Ellipsocephalus gripi (174259)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Morocco Ornamentaspis angustigena (174208 174219 174220)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Czech Republic (Bohemia) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (67709) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Ellipsocephalus hoffi (67708) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Germaropyge sp. nov. (67738)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Sweden (Oland) Ellipsocephalus polytomus (225039 225040)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Poland Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus sandomiri, Ellipsocephalus guerichi, Ellipsocephalus jugoszovi (72270)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Germany Ornamentaspis todraensis (162993)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Sweden (Norrbotten) Ellipsocephalus polytomus (9782)
Solvan - Menevian510.2 - 499.5Czech Republic Ellipsocephalus hoffi (73537 73539) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (73545 73561) Ellipsocephalus vetustus, Germaropyge germari (73529 73557) Germaropyge germari (203343)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Central Boemian) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76456)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Litavka) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76453 76454)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Germaropyge germari (67775)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Poland Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus guerichi, Ellipsocephalus puschi, Ellipsocephalus jugoszovi (72269) Ellipsocephalus polytomus, Ellipsocephalus sandomiri (72271)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Jince) Ellipsocephalus vetustus (76483)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Germany Ornamentaspis crassilimbata (186148 186155 186156 186160 186163 186168) Ornamentaspis sp. (186164)