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Crotalocephalus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Crotalocephalus was named by Salter (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,1106]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) by Philip (1962).

It was assigned to Cheirurus by Philip (1962); to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Crotalocephalus Salter
1947Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl
1962Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) Philip
1973Pilletopeltis Pillet
1983Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) Chlupac
2002Crotalocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 361
2002Cerauroides Sepkoski
2002Crotalocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCrotalocephalusBeyrich 1845

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. †Crotalocephalus Salter 1853
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Crotalocephalus affinis Hawle and Corda 1847
Crotalocephalus albertii Pribyl and Vanek 1984
Crotalocephalus maurus Alberti 1966
Crotalocephalus pauper Barrande 1852
Crotalocephalus silverdalensis Etheridge and Mitchell 1917
Crotalocephalus struszi Chatterton and Wright 1986
Invalid names: Cerauroides Prantl and Pribyl 1947 [synonym], Pilletopeltis Pillet 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available