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Minicephalus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenuridae

Taxonomy
Minicephalus was named by Lochmann and Lu (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Minicephalus Lochmann and Lu
2002Minicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 407
2002Minicephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
familyIllaenuridaeVodges 1890
genusMinicephalusLochmann and Lu 1960

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. †Minicephalus Lochmann and Lu 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available