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Bearriverops deltaensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Bearriverops deltaensis was named by Adrain and Westrop (2007). Its type specimen is SUI 99908, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is MME 84, Middle Mountain, which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/grainstone in the Fillmore Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Bearriverops deltaensis Adrain and Westrop p. 355 figs. Fig. 9.1, 5, 9, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusBearriverops
speciesdeltaensis

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.

Bearriverops deltaensis Adrain and Westrop 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Stairsian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) Bearriverops deltaensis (type locality: 106429)