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Crepicephalina ✝
| Description | Crepicephalina is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepicephalina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Crepicephalidae : Crepicephalina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Crepicephalidae : Crepicephalina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Crepicephalina Resser & Endo, 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | in Kobayashi, J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Geol., 4 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Crepicephalidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepicephalina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Crepicephalina carinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina convexus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Crepicephalina mukdensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina offula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina pergranosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Crepicephalina quadrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina ruichengensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Crepicephalina tenuicaudatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina transversa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Crepicephalina vesta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1935 | Crepicephalina Resser and Endo |
| 2001 | Crepicephalina Luo |
| 2002 | Crepicephalina 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!
