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Lonchocephalus ✝
Description | Lonchocephalus 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonchocephalus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Tricrepicephalidae : Lonchocephalus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Lonchocephalidae : Lonchocephalus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lonchocephalus Owen, 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Rep. Geol. Surv. Wisconsin, Iowa & Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 497 - 485 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Lonchocephalidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Lonchocephalus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lonchocephalus angustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus appalachia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus bunus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus chippewaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus montanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus parvulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus pennsylvanicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus pholus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus planus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus plena species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus sospita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus swartzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lonchocephalus waddlei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1852 | Lonchocephalus Owen |
2002 | Lonchocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 400 |
2002 | Lonchocephalus 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!