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Fissocephalus

Trilobita - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Fissocephalus was named by Lermontova (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran Sepkoski's reference number: 459]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Fissocephalus Lermontova
2002Fissocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 376
2002Fissocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusFissocephalusLermontova 1951

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. †Fissocephalus Lermontova 1951
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available