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Crotalocephalus affinis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus affinis was named by Hawle and Corda (1847).

It was recombined as Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) affinis by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) affinis by Chlupac (1983); it was recombined as Crotalocephalus affinis by Lemke (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Cheirurus affinis Hawle and Corda
1969Cheirurus (Crotalocephalus) affinis Alberti
1983Cheirurus (Pilletopeltis) affinis Chlupac
2020Crotalocephalus affinis Lemke p. 11

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

Crotalocephalus affinis Hawle and Corda 1847
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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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-13 03:58:38
Modified: 2010-01-13 05:58:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) Cheirurus affinis (12040)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) Cheirurus affinis (12257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Cheirurus affinis (10474)