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Taenicephalus ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Parabolinoididae : Taenicephalus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Olenida : Parabolinoididae : Taenicephalus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Taenicephalus Walcott, 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Collect., 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 499 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Parabolinoididae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | minor spines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Taenicephalus decorosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus gallupensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus granulosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus holmesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus hyrumensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus libertyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus maladensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus modestus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus ornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus pealei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus polyaricus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Taenicephalus speciosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus striatifrons species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus texanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus utahensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus wichitaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Taenicephalus wyomingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1924 | Taenicephalus Ulrich and Resser |
1953 | Maustonia Berg |
2002 | Taenicephalus Jell and Adrain p. 450 |
2002 | Maustonia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Taenicephalus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!