Ellipsocephalus hoffi (Schlotheim, 1823)

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda Latreille, 1829
Class: Trilobita Walch, 1771
Order: Redlichiida Richter, 1932
Family: Ellipsocephalidae Matthew, 1887
Genus: Ellipsocephalus
Species: Ellipsocephalus hoffi
Author Citation (Schlotheim 1823)

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Cambrian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miaolingian
International Age: Drumian

Stratigraphy

Jince Formation

Biostratigraphy

Ellipsocephalus hoffi–Paradoxides (Rejkocephalus)–Lingulella Biozone

Provenance

Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1982
Acquired by: Field Collection

Dimensions

Length: 4 cm

Location

Jince (Village)
Okres Příbram (District)
Středočeský kraj (Region)
Czech Republic

• cambrian
• czech republic
• drumian
• ellipsocephalus
• jince
• miaolingian
• tff-oilshale-ar150

Comments

Ellipsocephalus hoffi is a common trilobite mainly from central Europe.

The slab shows several Ellipsocephalus remnants.

Taxonomy according to Fossilworks.org.

The systematic position of the family Ellipsocephalidae remains a subject of discussion.

Odontogenetic stages of Ellipsocephalus hoffi according to Laibl et al. 2015, p. 5:

Identified by oilshale using Laibl et al., 2015.

 

References:

SCHLOTHEIM, E.F. (1823): Nachträge zur Petrefactenkunde. Zw. Abteilung, Becker, Gotha, 114 pp.

FATKA, O. & SZABAD, M. (2014): Biostratigraphy of Cambrian in the Příbram-Jince Basin (Barrandian area, Czech Republic). Bulletin of Geosciences, 88, 413–429. http://dx.doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1456

LAIBL, L., FATKA, O., BUDIL, P., AHLBERG, P., SZABAD, M., VOKÁČ, V. & KOZÁK, V. (2015): The ontogeny of Ellipsocephalus (Trilobita) and systematic position of Ellipsocephalidae. Alcheringa 39, p. 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2015.1034968