| Crepicephalus Temporal range: Dresbachian | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Ptychopariida |
| Superfamily: | Crepicephalacea |
| Family: | Crepicephalidae |
| Genus: | Crepicephalus Owen, 1852 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Crepiceaphlus, Crepicepalus, Crepicocephalus, Sneedvillia | |
Crepicephalus is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period.
Reassigned species
Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera.
- C. angusta = Kochaspis angusta
- C. convexus = Crepicephalina convexa
- C. liliana = Kochaspis liliana
- C. nitidus = Dunderbergia nitida
- C. quadrans = Ehmaniella quadrans
- C. unca = Uncaspis unca
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O249 – O250. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
- Palmer, Allison R. (1954). "An Appraisal of The Great Basin Trilobites described before 1900". Geological Survey Professional Paper. Vol. 264-D.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Crepicephalus | |
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