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Lunacephalus

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Lunacephalus Ivshin
2002Lunacephalus Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Lunacephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyPterocephaliidaeKobayashi 1935
genusLunacephalusIvshin 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. †Lunacephalus Ivshin 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available