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Chilometopus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Chilometopus was named by Rusconi (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 464,522]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Chilometopus Rusconi
2002Chilometopus Jell and Adrain p. 357
2002Chilometopus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusChilometopusRusconi 1952

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. †Chilometopus Rusconi 1952
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Chilometopus consuetus Suvorova 1964
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Toyonian or 512.10000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2USA (Alaska) C. consuetus (239834)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Russian Federation C. suvorovae (225260)