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

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.[2][3]

* 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162524/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=307&rank=class. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=n-kqAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA73.

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