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Leocephalus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae

Taxonomy
Leocephalus was named by Ivshin (1962) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 380]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Leocephalus Ivshin
2002Leocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 397
2002Leocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyEurekiidaeHupé 1953
genusLeocephalusIvshin 1962

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. †Leocephalus Ivshin 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available