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Taenicephalus

Trilobita - Olenida - Parabolinoididae

Taxonomy
Taenicephalus was named by Ulrich and Resser (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 472,494,618 in Walcott]. Its type is Conocephalites shumardi.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Taenicephalus Ulrich and Resser
1949Bemaspis Frederickson
1953Maustonia Berg
2002Taenicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 450
2002Bemaspis Sepkoski
2002Maustonia Sepkoski
2002Taenicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyParabolinoididaeLochman 1956
genusTaenicephalusUlrich and Resser 1924

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. †Taenicephalus Ulrich and Resser 1924
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†Taenicephalus polyaricus Rozova 1963
Invalid names: Bemaspis Frederickson 1949 [synonym], Maustonia Berg 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 08:20:28
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:20:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Maduan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 497.00000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) T. shumardi (156653 156654 156665)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) T. polyaricus (131069 131070) T. sp., T. polyaricus (131071)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Texas) T. sp. (237)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) T. shumardi (8950) T. sp. (8948 8949)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) Maustonia nasuta, T. sp. (249)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) T. sp. (55301 55303)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) T. sp. (248)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) T. nasutus (9733) T. shumardi (9711 9712 9714 9715 9717 9719 9720 9721 9722 9724 9725 9728 9730)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) Maustonia nasuta, T. shumardi (9185 9186) Maustonia sp., T. sp. (9188) T. shumardi (9143 9160 9163 9166 9167 9168 9184 9187 9189 9205 9207 9211 9212)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) T. sp. (184601)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) T. nasutus, T. sp., T. shumardi (54086) T. shumardi (64686)