Crepicephalus

Crepicephalus
Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Superfamily: Crepicephalacea
Family: Crepicephalidae
Genus: Crepicephalus
Owen, 1852
species
  • C. iowensis (Owen, 1952) (type) = Dikelocephalus iowensis
Synonyms

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.[1]

Reassigned species

Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. Moore, R.C. (1959). Arthropoda I - Arthropoda General Features, Proarthropoda, Euarthropoda General Features, Trilobitomorpha. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O249–O250. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
  3. Palmer, Allison R. (1954). "An Appraisal of The Great Basin Trilobites described before 1900". Geological Survey Professional Paper. 264-D.