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Phacops (Phacops) granulatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Calymene granulata was named by Munster (1840).

It was recombined as Phacops (Phacops) granulatus by Yuan and Xiang (1998); it was recombined as Rabienops granulatus by Korn et al. (2016); it was recombined as Phacops granulatus by Wedekind (1914) and Basse and Lemke (2023).

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

    It was synonymized subjectively with Phacops granulatus by Osmólska (1958).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calymene granulata Munster p. 36 figs. pf. 5 f. 3
1896Phacops posidoniae Gürich p. 363 figs. pl. 15, fig. 5 a-d
1914Phacops granulatus Wedekind pp. 172 - 173
1998Phacops (Phacops) granulatus Yuan and Xiang pp. 30 - 31
2016Rabienops granulatus Korn et al.
2023Phacops granulatus Basse and Lemke pp. 141 - 142

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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
subgenusPhacopsEmmrich 1839
speciesgranulatus(Munster 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.

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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

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

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Guangxi) Phacops granulatus (229268)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7China (Guizhou) Phacops granulatus (218957 218958) Phacops guilinensis (234696)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Phacops granulatus (229398) Rabienops granulatus (181336 229399)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Austria Phacops granulatus (38596 38608 42404 42406)