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Amecephalus piochensis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae

Taxonomy
Ptychoparia piochensis was named by Walcott (1886). Its type specimen is USNM 15434b and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Amecephalus.

It was recombined as Liostracus piochensis by Lorenz (1906); it was recombined as Alokistocare piochensis by Resser (1935) and Palmer (1954); it was recombined as Amecephalus piochensis by Walcott (1924), Walcott (1925), Mason (1935) and Sundberg (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Ptychoparia piochensis Walcott p. 201 figs. pi. 26, figs. 2, 2a-b, pi. 28, 1, 2, 2a-e
1906Liostracus piochensis Lorenz p. 61
1906Ptychoparia piochensis Pack p. 297 figs. pi. 2, figs. 4, 4a-c
1910Ptychoparia piochensis Grabau and Shimer p. 276 fig. 1575
1924Amecephalus piochensis Walcott p. 54 figs. pi. 9, fig. 1
1925Amecephalus piochensis Walcott p. 66 figs. pi. 15. fig. 8
1935Amecephalus piochensis Mason p. 105 figs. Plate 15, figs. 5, 6, 7
1935Alokistocare piochensis Resser p. 7
1935Alokistocare packi Resser p. 9
1954Alokistocare piochensis Palmer p. 72 figs. Plate 16, figures 1, 2, 5
1999Amecephalus piochensis Sundberg p. 1131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyAlokistocaridaeResser 1939
genusAmecephalusWalcott 1924
speciespiochensis(Walcott 1886)

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.

Amecephalus piochensis Walcott 1886
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Invalid names: Alokistocare packi Resser 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available