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Trimerocephalus lelievrei

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus lelievrei was named by Crônier and Feist (1997). Its type specimen is UM2-CCt26, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khorb-el-Atil, which is in a Famennian offshore shelf limestone in the Erfoud Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Trimerocephalus lelievrei Crônier and Feist pp. 162 - 167 figs. P1.1, fig. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTrimerocephalus
specieslelievrei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trimerocephalus lelievrei Crônier and Feist 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-15 23:29:10
Modified: 2010-06-25 05:40:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Middle Famennian or 376.10000 to 364.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Morocco Trimerocephalus lelievrei (174648)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco Trimerocephalus lelievrei (type locality: 234678)