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Phacops granulatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Synonyms
  • Phacops posidoniae was named by Gürich (1896).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Phacops granulatus by Osmólska (1958).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Phacops granulatus Münster
1896Phacops posidoniae Gürich p. 363 figs. pl. 15, fig. 5 a-d

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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
genusPhacopsEmmrich 1839
speciesgranulatusMünster 1840

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.

†Phacops granulatus Münster 1840
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Invalid names: Phacops posidoniae Gürich 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:54:02
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:54:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 372.20000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Czech Republic (Moravia) Phacops granulatus (223422)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Guangxi) Phacops granulatus (229268)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Poland Phacops granulatus (217138 217139)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Phacops granulatus (229398)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Phacops granulatus (223416)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) Phacops granulatus (218957 218958)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Austria Phacops granulatus (38596 38608 42404 42406)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Czech Republic Phacops granulatus (218975)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Iran Phacops granulatus (223428)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7France Phacops granulatus (38641)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Phacops granulatus (38645 219036 219037 219038 219039 219040)