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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4638255	https://www.gbif.org/species/4638255
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19735	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19735

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Dicranopeltis

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
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
family	Lichidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
subfamily	Lichinae	Hawle and Corda 1847
tribe	Dicranopeltini	Pollitt et al. 2005
genus	Dicranopeltis	Hawle & Corda 1847

Scientific Name

Dicranopeltis Hawle & Corda, 1847

Name Published In

Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dicranopeltis	genus	belongs to Lichadidae	stated with evidence	Warburg, 1925
Dicranopeltis	genus	belongs to Lichinae	stated with evidence	Owen, 1981
Dicranopeltis	genus	belongs to Lichida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Dicranopeltis	genus	belongs to Lichidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Dicranopeltis	genus	belongs to Dicranopeltini	stated with evidence	Pollitt et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

456 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

426 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Lichidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Lichida)

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
Dicranopeltis eopolytoma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dicranopeltis fragosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicranopeltis imperfecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Dicranopeltis norrisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dicranopeltis polytoma ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dicranopeltis polytomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Dicranopeltis scabra ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	433 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Dicranopeltis tricornis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Dicranopeltis Hawle and Corda
1925	Dicranopeltis Warburg
1936	Dicranopeltoides Phleger
1937	Raymondarges Phleger
1981	Dicranopeltis Owen
1988	Dicranopeltis Thomas and Holloway p. 190
2002	Dicranopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 366
2002	Dicranopeltis Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Dicranopeltis Pollitt et al. p. 238

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Warburg E. (1925) The Trilobites of the Leptæna Limestone in Dalarne, Leptæna Limestone Trilobites, 1-446

Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88

Thomas A. T., Holloway D. J. (1988) Classification and phylogeny of the trilobite order Lichida, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 321, 179-262

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Pollitt J. R., Fortey R. A., et al (2005) Systematics of the trilobite families Lichidae Hawle & Corda, 1847 and Lichakephalidae Tripp, 1957: the application of Bayesian inference to morphological data, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 3, 225-241 doi:10.1017/S1477201905001604

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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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