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Grandioculus

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Proasaphiscidae

Taxonomy
Grandioculus was named by Cossmann (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 472]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proasaphiscidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Grandioculus Cossmann
2002Grandioculus Jell and Adrain p. 476
2002Grandioculus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyProasaphiscidaeZhang 1963
genusGrandioculusCossmann 1908

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. †Grandioculus Cossmann 1908
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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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-02 08:50:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 10:50:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Taijangian or 509.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taijangian509.0 - 504.5China (Hunan) G. obscurus (49158) G. truncatus (49155)