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Rabienops wedekindi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Phacops) wedekindi was named by Richter and Richter (1926).

It was recombined as Phacops wedekindi by Osmolska (1958); it was recombined as Weyerites wedekindi by Basse and Lemke (2020); it was recombined as Rabienops wedekindi by Lemke (2020) and Basse and Lemke (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Phacops (Phacops) wedekindi Richter and Richter pp. 145 - 147 figs. 145, p l. 8 fig. 40-43
1958Phacops wedekindi Osmolska pp. 127 - 128 figs. pl . 1 f. 2 a-b
2020Weyerites wedekindi Basse and Lemke pp. Table 1
2020Rabienops wedekindi Lemke p. 427
2023Rabienops wedekindi Basse and Lemke pp. 150 - 154 figs. Fig. 1, pl. 2, fig. 13–14

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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
genusRabienopsStruve 1989
specieswedekindi(Richter and Richter 1926)

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.

Rabienops wedekindi Richter and Richter 1926
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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: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany Phacops wedekindi (218986)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Phacops wedekindi (38645 219036 219037 219038 219039)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Czech Republic Phacops wedekindi (218975 234673)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7France Phacops wedekindi (38641)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Phacops wedekindi (218983 218984 218985) Rabienops wedekindi (181336 229398) Weyerites wedekindi (172510)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Iran Phacops wedekindi (223430)