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]
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Superfamily: | Crepicephalacea
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Family: | Crepicephalidae
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Genus: | Crepicephalus Owen, 1852
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Crepiceaphlus, Crepicepalus, Crepicocephalus, Sneedvillia |
Some species, previously described as Crepicephalus have since been moved to other genera.[2][3]