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Ellipsocephaloidea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Ellipsocephaloidea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 181 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Redlichiida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. R. Paterson and G. D. Edgecombe. 2006. The Early Cambrian trilobite family Eumellidae Pocock, 1970: Systematic position and revision of Australian species. Journal of Paleontology 80(3):496-513 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Agraulidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 102 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Bigotinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Ellipsocephalidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 298 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 505 Ma Cambrian | |
| Estaingiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 44 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian | |
| Palaeolenidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 44 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 505 Ma Cambrian | |
| Yunnanocephalidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1990 | Ellipsocephaloidea Lin |
| 2008 | Ellipsocephaloidea Landing et al. p. 893 |
| 2011 | Ellipsocephaloidea Adrain p. 104 |
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!
