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Pedinocephalites

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Pedinocephalites was named by Rozova (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. It is not extant. Its type is Pedinocephalina divulgata.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Pedinocephalites Rozova
2002Pedinocephalites Jell and Adrain
2002Pedinocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusPedinocephalites

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. †Pedinocephalites Rozova 1964
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Pedinocephalites divulgatus Lazarenko 1960
Pedinocephalites minimus Rozova 1964
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: 2009-12-13 23:06:36
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:06:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Maduan or 497.00000 to 495.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) P. sp. (131399)
Nganasanian497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) P. divulgatus (131065 131066 131416)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan P. minimus (118253 118254 118255 118260)
Tavgian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) P. minimus (131067 131068 131418)