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Crepicephalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Trilobita

Superfamily
  
Crepicephalacea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Ptychopariida

Family
  
Crepicephalidae

Similar
  
Cedaria, Tricrepicephalus, Meteoraspis, Dikelocephalus, Bathyuriscus

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.

Reassigned species

Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera.

  • C. angusta = Kochaspis angusta
  • C. convexus = Crepicephalina convexa
  • C. liliana = Kochaspis liliana
  • C. nitidus = Dunderbergia nitida
  • C. quadrans = Ehmaniella quadrans
  • C. unca = Uncaspis unca
  • References

    Crepicephalus Wikipedia