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Dolichometopsis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopsis was named by Poulsen (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm lMid Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. Its type is Dolichometopsis resseri. It is the type genus of Dolichometopinae.

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

Species
D. mansfieldi, D. resseri (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Dolichometopsis Poulsen pp. 256 - 257
2002Dolichometopsis Jell and Adrain p. 368
2002Dolichometopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusDolichometopsis

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. †Dolichometopsis Poulsen 1927
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Dolichometopsis resseri Poulsen 1927
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Merioneth or 510.20000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 509.0Greenland D. septentrionalis, D. minuta, D. resseri (225266)
Delamaran - Marjumian511.2 - 497.0USA (Idaho) D. mansfieldi (225269)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (British Columbia) D. sp. (56703 56718 56721)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) D. comis, D. communis, D. lepida, D. media, D. poulseni, D. stella (50208)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) D. sp. (198)