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Crotalocephalina gibbus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus gibbus was named by Beyrich (1845).

It was recombined as Crotalocephalina gibba by Kröger (2008); it was recombined as Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) gibbus by Johnson and Fortey (2012); it was recombined as Crotalocephalina gibbus by Bault et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cheirurus brevispinosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cheirurus gibbus Beyrich
2008Crotalocephalina gibba Kröger
2012Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) gibbus Johnson and Fortey
2021Crotalocephalina gibbus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyCheirurinae
genusCrotalocephalinaPibyl and Vanek 1964
speciesgibbus(Beyrich 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.

†Crotalocephalina gibbus Beyrich 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-06-11 14:43:11
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:38:08
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic (Prague) Crotalocephalina gibbus (12068)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) Crotalocephalina gibbus (12083)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Crotalocephalina gibbus (10378 12101 12102 12103 12104)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Algeria Cheirurus gibbus (27162)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Cheirurus gibbus (27050 27056 27060 27062 27068) Crotalocephalina gibba (91611) Crotalocephalina gibbus (208256)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Cheirurus gibbus (136452 136453 136454)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Crotalocephalina gibbus (10372 10379)