Crepicephalus Temporal range:
Dresbachian
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Genus: | Crepicephalus Owen, 1852
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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]
Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera. [2] [3]
Crepicephalus Temporal range:
Dresbachian
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Scientific classification | |
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Genus: | Crepicephalus Owen, 1852
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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]
Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera. [2] [3]