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Amblycranium

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Amblycranium was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Amblycranium variabile.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hystricuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Adrain et al. (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Amblycranium Ross p. 64
2002Amblycranium Jell and Adrain p. 340
2002Amblycranium Sepkoski
2003Amblycranium Adrain et al. p. 559

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusAmblycranium

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. †Amblycranium Ross 1951
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Amblycranium cornutum Ross 1951
Amblycranium linearus Young 1973
Amblycranium populus Ross 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available