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Dikelocephalopsis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Hungaiidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalopsis was named by Poletaeva (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hungaiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Dikelocephalopsis Poletaeva
2002Dikelocephalopsis Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Dikelocephalopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyHungaiidaeRaymond 1924
genusDikelocephalopsisPoletaeva 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.

G. †Dikelocephalopsis Poletaeva 1955
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:59:31
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:59:31
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available