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Ellipsocephaloides curtus

Trilobita - Ellipsocephaloididae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocephalus curtus was named by Whitfield (1878). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Ellipsocephaloides curtus by Kobayashi (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ellipsocephalus curtus Whitfield p. 58 figs. pl. 1, fig. 18
1935Ellipsocephaloides curtus Kobayashi p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyEllipsocephaloididaeHupé 1955
genusEllipsocephaloidesKobayashi 1935
speciescurtus(Whitfield 1878)

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.

Ellipsocephaloides curtus Whitfield 1878
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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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-25 10:41:23
Modified: 2009-02-25 12:41:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) Ellipsocephaloides curtus (62099 62100 62101 62102 62104 62107 62108)
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) Ellipsocephaloides curtus (9737)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) Ellipsocephaloides curtus (54088 64687 81302)