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Conokephalina

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Conokephalinidae

Taxonomy
Conokephalina was named by Broegger (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Walcott (1912); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Conokephalinidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Conokephalina Broegger
1912Conocephalina Walcott
1940Lobocephalina Ruzicka
1940Lobocephalus Růžička
1950Ruzickaia Pribyl
2002Conokephalina Jell and Adrain p. 360
2002Conokephalina Sepkoski
2002Lobocephalina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyConokephalinidaeHupé 1953
genusConokephalinaBroegger 1886

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.

G. †Conokephalina Broegger 1886
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†Conokephalina ornata Brøgger 1878
Invalid names: Lobocephalina Ruzicka 1940 [synonym], Ruzickaia Pribyl 1950 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-06 04:11:27
Modified: 2010-01-06 06:11:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Trempealeauan or 506.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Czechia (Bohemia) Lobocephalina emmrichi (67708 67709)
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5Czechia C. emmrichi (73529 73536 73537 73545 73557 73561) Lobocephalina emmrichi (203343)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Vinice) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76452)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Litavka) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76455)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Bohemia) Ruzickaia emmrichi (67775)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Czechia (Central Boemian) Lobocephalina emmrichi (76456)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Sweden (Jämtland) C. ornata (240066 240067)
Wangcunian504.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) C. maia, C. sp. (232857)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Lobocephalina sinensis (49182 126330 126440 126444)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Lobocephalina longiforma (118239) Lobocephalina sp., Lobocephalina longiforma (118235)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (New York) Conocephalina whitehallensis (74546)