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Calyptaulax callicephalus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops callicephalus was named by Hall (1847). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dalmania callicephala by Hall (1859); it was recombined as Pterygometopus callicephalus by Clarke (1894); it was recombined as Calliops callicephalus by Delo (1935); it was recombined as Calliops callicephala by Allen and Lester (1957); it was recombined as Calyptaulax callicephala by Shaw (1968); it was recombined as Calyptaulax callicephalus by Brett et al. (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Phacops callicephalus Hall p. 247
1859Dalmania callicephala Hall p. 73
1894Pterygometopus callicephalus Clarke p. 731
1935Calliops callicephalus Delo p. 417
1957Calliops callicephala Allen and Lester
1968Calyptaulax callicephala Shaw p. 87
1999Calyptaulax callicephalus Brett et al. p. 301 figs. 8.8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusCalyptaulaxCooper 1930
speciescallicephalus(Hall 1847)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:49:12
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:49:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Edenian or 470.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Calyptaulax callicephalus (181527)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Calliops callicephalus (34247 34248 34249 34250 34251 34252 34268 34272 34273 34276)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Calliops callicephala (32823 32824 32825 32826 32832)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Calliops callicephalus (26174)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Calyptaulax callicephalus (104605 104625)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Calliops callicephalus (26192)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Pterygometopus callicephalus (154952)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Pterygometopus callicephalus (89024)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Calyptaulax callicephalus (181519 181522 181526)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Calliops callicephalus (26268 26270 26271 26273)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Calyptaulax callicephalus (163865)