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Crepicephalus

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.

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Crepicephalus
Temporal range: Dresbachian1
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Ptychopariida
Family: Crepicephalidae
Genus: Crepicephalus
Owen, 1852
Species
  • Crepicephalus iowensis Owen, 1852 (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.23

References

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. Palmer, Allison R. (1954). "An Appraisal of The Great Basin Trilobites described before 1900". Geological Survey Professional Paper. Vol. 264-D.