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Breizhops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Breizhops was named by Morzadec (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 983,ZR83]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Breizhops Morzadec
2002Breizhops Jell and Adrain p. 352
2002Breizhops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusBreizhopsMorzadec 1983

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. †Breizhops Morzadec 1983
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 399.50000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47France (Alsace) B. bigranulosus (40068) B. lanceolatus (40065 40066)