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Proapatokephaloides

Trilobita - Olenida - Pterocephaliidae

Taxonomy
Proapatokephaloides was named by Ergaliev (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep Sepkoski's reference number: 459]. It is not extant. Its type is Proapatokephaloides longiformis.

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

Species
P. longiformis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Proapatokephaloides Ergaliev
2002Proapatokephaloides Jell and Adrain
2002Proapatokephaloides 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
genusProapatokephaloides

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. †Proapatokephaloides Ergaliev 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available