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Trimerocephalus
Taxonomy
Trimerocephalus was named by M'Coy (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Phacops (Trimerocephalus) mastophthalmus.
It was reranked as Phacops (Trimerocephalus) by Kayser (1889).
It was assigned to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849); to Phacops by Kayser (1889); to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Phacops (Trimerocephalus) by Kayser (1889).
It was assigned to Asaphinae by M'Coy (1849); to Phacops by Kayser (1889); to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1849 | Trimerocephalus M'Coy p. 399 |
| 1889 | Phacops (Trimerocephalus) Kayser p. 288 |
| 1907 | Eutrimerocephalus Gortani |
| 2002 | Trimerocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 455 |
| 2002 | Trimerocephalus Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Trimerocephalus M'Coy 1849
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†Phacops (Trimerocephalus) acuticeps Kayser 1889
†Trimerocephalus brevissimus Drevermann 1901
†Trimerocephalus caecus Gürich 1896
†Trimerocephalus chopini Kin and Blazejowski 2013
†Trimerocephalus lelievrei Crônier and Feist 1997
†Trimerocephalus lotzi Drevermann 1901
†Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus Richter 1856
†Trimerocephalus mimbi Feist et al. 2009
†Trimerocephalus nigritus Crônier 2003
†Trimerocephalus shotoriensis Feist et al. 2003
†Trimerocephalus sulcatus Drevermann 1901
†Trimerocephalus tardispinosus Feist and Becker 1997
Invalid names: Eutrimerocephalus Gortani 1907 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Couvinien to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 410.20000 to 358.86000 Ma
Collections (23 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Couvinien | Australia (New South Wales) | T. sp. (188209) | |
| Middle Givetian | Germany (Sauerland) | T. mastophthalmus (229409) | |
| Late/Upper Devonian | United Kingdom (England) | T. sp. (640) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Germany | Phacops acuticeps (234926) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | Phacops mastophthalmus (235123) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Spain (Aragon) | T. sp. (40501) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Algeria | T. caecus (234942) T. nigritus (234941) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Germany (Sauerland) | T. mastophthalmus (235126) | |
| Early/Lower Famennian | Morocco | T. lelievrei (174648) | |
| Famennian | France (Alsace) | T. caecus (40081) | |
| Middle Famennian | Germany | T. mastophthalmus (223588) | |
| Middle Famennian | France (Montagne Noire) | T. nigritus (223557) | |
| Middle Famennian | Morocco | T. lelievrei (234678) T. mahboubii (223560) | |
| Middle Famennian | Poland | T. chopini (223605) | |
| Middle Famennian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | T. interruptus (134738) | |
| Middle Famennian | Algeria | T. nigritus (234945) | |
| Middle Famennian | Australia (Western Australia) | T. mimbi (223592) T. tardispinosus (223580 223593) | |
| Middle Famennian - Late/Upper Famennian | Iran | T. shotoriensis (223437) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Germany | Phacops mastophthalmus, Phacops caecus, Phacops brevissimus, Phacops sulcatus, Phacops lotzi (223449) |