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Changshanocephalus

Trilobita - Changshaniidae

Taxonomy
Changshanocephalus was named by Sun (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1020]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Changshanocephalus Sun
2002Changshanocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Changshanocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyChangshaniidaeKobayashi 1935
genusChangshanocephalusSun 1935

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. †Changshanocephalus Sun 1935
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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: 2010-01-06 22:57:52
Modified: 2010-01-07 00:57:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available