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.[1]

Crepicephalus
Temporal range: Dresbachian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Crepicephalacea
Family:
Crepicephalidae
Genus:
Crepicephalus

Owen, 1852
Species
  • C. iowensis (Owen, 1952) (type) = Dikelocephalus iowensis
Synonyms

Crepiceaphlus, Crepicepalus, Crepicocephalus, Sneedvillia

Reassigned species

Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera.[2][3]

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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. Part O. Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas: Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press. pp. O249–O250. ISBN 0-8137-3015-5.
  3. Palmer, Allison R. (1954). "An Appraisal of The Great Basin Trilobites described before 1900". Geological Survey Professional Paper. 264-D.


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