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Onchocephalites

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Onchocephalites was named by Rasetti (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 493].

It was assigned to Ptychopariidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Eddy and McCollum (1998) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Onchocephalites Rasetti
1998Onchocephalites Eddy and McCollum p. 881
2002Onchocephalites Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Onchocephalites 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
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusOnchocephalitesRasetti 1957

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. †Onchocephalites Rasetti 1957
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Onchocephalites claytonensis Sundberg and McCollum 2003
Onchocephalites laevis Rasetti 1957
Onchocephalites permingeati Termier and Termier 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available