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Ellipsocephaloides

Trilobita - Ellipsocephaloididae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocephaloides was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ellipsocephaloides Kobayashi
2002Ellipsocephaloides Jell and Adrain p. 370
2002Ellipsocephaloides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyEllipsocephaloididaeHupé 1955
genusEllipsocephaloidesKobayashi 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. †Ellipsocephaloides Kobayashi 1935
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Ellipsocephaloides curtus Whitfield 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available