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Evropeites hyperboreus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Evropeites hyperboreus was named by Fortey (1980). Its type specimen is PMO 1102, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Evropeites hyperboreus Fortey p. 86 figs. Pl. 20, figs. 1, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusEvropeitesBalashova 1966
specieshyperboreus

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.

Evropeites hyperboreus Fortey 1980
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Evropeites hyperboreus (106478 106480)