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Menocephalites

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Solenopleuridae

Taxonomy
Menocephalites was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm m]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Menocephalites Kobayashi
2002Menocephalites Jell and Adrain p. 480
2002Menocephalites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familySolenopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusMenocephalitesKobayashi 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. †Menocephalites Kobayashi 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available