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Anechocephalus

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Anechocephalus was named by Palmer (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1017]. It is not extant. Its type is Anechocephalus trigranulatus.

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

Species
A. spinosus, A. trigranulatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Anechocephalus Palmer p. 92
2002Anechocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 341
2002Anechocephalus 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
genusAnechocephalus

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. †Anechocephalus Palmer 1960
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Anechocephalus spinosus Palmer 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available