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Chariocephalus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Elviniidae

Taxonomy
Chariocephalus was named by Hall (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Elviniidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Chariocephalus Hall
2002Chariocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Chariocephalus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyElviniidaeKobayashi 1936
genusChariocephalusHall 1863

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. †Chariocephalus Hall 1863
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Chariocephalus tumifrons Hall and Whitfield 1877
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:03:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Minnesota) C. whitfieldi (62114 62115 62116 62119 62120 62121 62122 62123)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) C. whitfieldi (54091)