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Belliceps

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Chengkouaspididae

Taxonomy
Belliceps was named by Repina (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 471]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chengkouaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Belliceps Repina
2002Belliceps Jell and Adrain p. 348
2002Belliceps Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyChengkouaspididae()
genusBellicepsRepina 1966

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. †Belliceps Repina 1966
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-22 05:22:31
Modified: 2009-12-22 07:22:31
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available