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Alokistocare

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Alokistocare was named by Lorenz (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-l Cm mMid-l Sepkoski's reference number: 474,479]. It is not extant. Its type is Conocephalites subcoronatus.

It was assigned to Ptychoparioidea by Palmer (1954); to Ptychopariida by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Alokistocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sundberg (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Alokistocare Lorenz
1954Alokistocare Palmer p. 71
1979Alokistocare Palmer and Halley p. 99
1994Pseudoalokistocare Sundberg
2002Alokistocare Jell and Adrain p. 465
2002Alokistocare Sepkoski
2002Pseudoalokistocare Sepkoski
2018Alokistocare Sundberg p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAlokistocareLorenz 1906

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. †Alokistocare Lorenz 1906
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Alokistocare alta Fritz 1968
Alokistocare althea Walcott 1916
Alokistocare aoris Walcott 1916
Alokistocare charax Walcott 1917
Alokistocare georgense Resser 1935
Alokistocare modestum Lochman 1952
Alokistocare nactum Resser 1938
Alokistocare nasutum Rasetti 1965
Alokistocare natale Resser 1938
Alokistocare noduliferum Resser 1938
Alokistocare normale Resser 1938
Alokistocare notatum Resser 1938
Alokistocare nothum Resser 1938
Alokistocare paranotatum Rasetti 1951
Alokistocare pomona Walcott 1916
Alokistocare punctatum Resser 1939
Alokistocare septum Resser 1939
Alokistocare spencense Resser 1939
Alokistocare subcoronatum Hall and Whitfield 1877
Alokistocare swasii Sundberg 1994
Invalid names: Pseudoalokistocare Sundberg 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer 1954Micropygous ptychoparioidea. Frontal area long. Brim and border present but poorly differentiated. Median swelling extends from brim onto border. Width of fixed cheeks greater than one-half width of glabella. Thorax of 17 to 23 segments.
F. A. Sundberg 1994 (Pseudoalokistocare)Small to moderate size Altioccu- linae with cranidium with large (40-50% glabellar length), medially set, elevated palpebral lobes; mod- erately strong downsloping anterior area of fixigena and preglabellar field; strongly tapered glabella; elongated, narrow, median swelling either within or anterior of anterior border furrow; no deep pits in anterior border furrow; moderate width poste- rior area of fixigenae (35% glabellar length); fine granular ornamentation. Pygidium subelliptical, transversely elongate; tapered, narrow, level border; anterior pleural bands weakly convex; poste- rior pleural bands moderately to weakly convex.