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Ceratocephala
Taxonomy
Ceratocephala was named by Warder (1838). Its type is Ceratocephala goniata.
It was reranked as Acidaspis (Ceratocephala) by Warburg (1925).
It was assigned to Acidaspis by Warburg (1925); to Miraspidinae by Bruton (1966) and Bruton (1967); to Odontopleuridae by Raymond (1916) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Acidaspis (Ceratocephala) by Warburg (1925).
It was assigned to Acidaspis by Warburg (1925); to Miraspidinae by Bruton (1966) and Bruton (1967); to Odontopleuridae by Raymond (1916) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
C. (Ceratocephalina), C. depauperata, C. exigua, C. goniata (syn. Acidaspis ida, Acidaspis danai) (type species), C. graffhami, C. impedita, C. laciniata, C. laticapitata, C. phalaenocephala, C. rarispina, C. triacantheis, C. vexilla, Onchaspis confraga, Onychaspis laticapitata, Trapelocera bicuspis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Ceratocephala Warder |
| 1847 | Trapelocera Hawle and Corda |
| 1916 | Ceratocephala Raymond p. 24 |
| 1917 | Bounyongia Etheridge and Mitchell |
| 1925 | Onychaspis Raymond p. 127 |
| 1925 | Onchaspis Raymond p. 129 |
| 1925 | Acidaspis (Ceratocephala) Warburg p. 245 |
| 1966 | Ceratocephala Bruton |
| 1967 | Ceratocephala Bruton |
| 2002 | Ceratocephala Jell and Adrain p. 356 |
| 2002 | Bounyongia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Ceratocephala Sepkoski |
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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. †Ceratocephala Warder 1838
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Subg. †Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) Whittington 1956
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†Ceratocephala (Ceratocephalina) tridens Whittington 1956
†Ceratocephala depauperata Van Ingen 1901
†Ceratocephala exigua Whittington 1963
†Ceratocephala goniata Warder 1838
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Invalid names: Acidaspis danai Hall 1862 [synonym], Acidaspis ida Winchell and Marcy 1865 [synonym]
†Ceratocephala graffhami Shaw 1974
†Ceratocephala impedita Etheridge and Mitchell 1896
†Ceratocephala laciniata Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Ceratocephala laticapitata Warburg 1925
†Ceratocephala phalaenocephala Mitchell 1919
†Ceratocephala rarispina Whittington 1956
†Ceratocephala triacantheis Whittington and Evitt 1953
†Ceratocephala vexilla Chatterton 1971
Invalid names: Bounyongia Etheridge and Mitchell 1917 [synonym], Onchaspis Raymond 1925 [synonym], Trapelocera Hawle and Corda 1847 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available