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Calliops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Calliops was named by Delo (1935).

It was synonymized subjectively with Calyptaulax by Shaw (1968).

It was assigned to Phacopidae by Cooper (1953); and to Pterygometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Calliops Delo
1953Calliops Cooper p. 33
2002Calliops Jell and Adrain p. 354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
genusCalliopsDelo 1935

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. †Calliops Delo 1935
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†Calliops annulatus Raymond 1905
†Calliops armatus Ulrich and Delo 1940
†Calliops brevipostica Cooper 1953
†Calliops brevis Roy 1941
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Invalid names: Eomonorachus deloi Roy 1941 [synonym]
†Calliops mesleri Cooper 1953
†Calliops troosti Safford and Vogdes 1889
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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 12:44:24
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:44:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llandeilo to the top of the Katian or 461.10000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) C. sp. (333 334 430)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (305 307 311 435)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) C. sp. (104283 104314) C. troosti (226715)
Whiterockian - Ashbyan471.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. annulatus (33530)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. armatus (9228)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2USA (Virginia) C. sp. (33444 33445 33446 33447 33448)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9299)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. annulatus (33529) C. sp. (326 327 33449 33450 33451 33452 33453)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) C. annulatus (76336)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. annulatus (33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984) C. gracilens (33544 33545 33546 33547) C. gracilens, C. annulatus (33532)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. sp. (105255)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (26952)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) C. narrawayi (26268 26270)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) C. sp. (433)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Eomonorachus deloi, Pterygometopus callicephalus (24116)
Chatfieldian - Maysvillian453.8 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. narrawayi (188774)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (206169)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (XinJiang) C. sp. (20784)