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Dictyocephalus
Taxonomy
Dictyocephalus was named by Ehrenberg (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr R Sepkoski's reference number: ZR80]. It is extant. Its type is Cornutella obtusa.
It was synonymized objectively with Dictyocryphalus by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).
It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Carroll (1988); to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Theoperidae by Liu and Aitchison (2002).
It was synonymized objectively with Dictyocryphalus by Loeblich and Tappan (1961).
It was assigned to Metoposauridae by Carroll (1988); to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Theoperidae by Liu and Aitchison (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1860 | Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg |
1887 | Dictyocryphalus Haeckel |
1892 | Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst |
1961 | Dictyocryphalus Loeblich and Tappan |
1988 | Dictyocephalus Carroll |
2002 | Dictyocephalus Liu and Aitchison p. 148 |
2002 | Dictyocephalus Sepkoski |
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G. Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg 1860
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Dictyocephalus obtusus Ehrenberg 1844
Invalid names: Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Dictyocryphalus Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available