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Catillicephalidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267086	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267086
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	82595	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=82595

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Catillicephalidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Catillicephalidae	Raymond 1938

Scientific Name

Catillicephalidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Catillicephalidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Catillicephalidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.-S. Bao and J.B. Jago. 2000. Late Late Cambrian trilobites from near Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania. Palaeontology 43(5):881-917

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Acheilops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Acheilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agelagma ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Buttsia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	505 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Buttsina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Calculites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Catillicephala ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Cryptoderaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Distazeris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	501 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Lajishanaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Madarocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Matania ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Onchonotellus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	513 Ma Cambrian	494 Ma Cambrian
Onchonotopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Onchonotus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pemphigaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	505 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Peracheilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Seletella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Stenochilina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Theodenisia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Triarthropsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Tumidulaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	505 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Tuojiangella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Yukonaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1938	Catillicephalidae Raymond
1997	Catillicephalidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2011	Catillicephalidae Adrain p. 108

References

Bao J.-S., Jago J.B. (2000) Late Late Cambrian trilobites from near Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania, Palaeontology 43 5, 881-917

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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