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Phorocephala

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Phorocephala was named by Lu (1965). Its type is Phorocephala typa.

It was assigned to Telephinidae by Owen and Bruton (1980) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phorocephala Lu
1965Carrickia Tripp
1975Carrickia Fortey p. 94
1980Phorocephala Owen and Bruton
2002Phorocephala Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Carrickia Sepkoski
2002Phorocephala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusPhorocephalaLu 1965

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. †Phorocephala Lu 1965
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Phorocephala pelagia Tripp 1965
Phorocephala pinguimitra Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Phorocephala setoni Shaw 1968
Phorocephala typa Lu 1965
Invalid names: Carrickia Tripp 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available