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Trimerocephalus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus was named by M'Coy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Phacops (Trimerocephalus) mastophthalmus.

It was reranked as Phacops (Trimerocephalus) by Kayser (1889).

It was assigned to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849); to Phacops by Kayser (1889); to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Trimerocephalus M'Coy p. 399
1889Phacops (Trimerocephalus) Kayser p. 288
1907Eutrimerocephalus Gortani
2002Trimerocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 455
2002Trimerocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTrimerocephalus

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. †Trimerocephalus M'Coy 1849
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Trimerocephalus chopini Kin and Blazejowski 2013
Trimerocephalus mimbi Feist et al. 2009
Trimerocephalus nigritus Crônier 2003
Trimerocephalus shotoriensis Feist et al. 2003
Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker 1997
Invalid names: Eutrimerocephalus Gortani 1907 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available