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Greenops

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Greenops was named by Delo (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 421,983,1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2003).

Synonyms
  • Cryphaeus was named by Green (1837) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 421]. It is not extant.

    It was replaced with Greenops by Jell and Adrain (2003).

    It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cryphaeus Green pp. 217-226
1935Greenops Delo pp. 402-420
2002Cryphaeus Sepkoski
2002Greenops Sepkoski
2003Greenops Jell and Adrain p. 380

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusGreenopsDelo 1935

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. †Greenops Delo 1935
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Subg. †Greenops (Neometacanthus) Richter 1984
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Greenops boothi Green 1837
Greenops perijaensis Carvalho and Moody 2000
Invalid names: Cryphaeus Green 1837 [replaced]
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 410.62000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (190 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) G. aequituberculatus (40403)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47France (Alsace) G. struvei (40065 40067 40068 40069)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) G. sp. (40416)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Neometacanthus stellifer (188766)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Venezuela G. sp. (35900)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) Cryphaeus boothi (9525)
Cazenovian393.47 - 382.31USA (Ohio) G. chilmanae (188934)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) G. boothi (91215 91225 91226 91227 91228 91229 91232 91233 91235 91236 91237 91238 91240 91242 91249 91250 91268 91274 91275 91277 91278 91279 91280)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) G. pleione (11101)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Alsace) G. haasi (40076)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) G. boothi (9659 9662 9888 9893 9895 9901 9916) G. sp. (627 670)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Indiana) G. chilmanae (55761)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) G. aequituberculatus (207838) G. alpenensis (39830) G. sp. A (207837)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Illinois) G. sp. (76641 76642)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) G. fitzpatricki, G. sp., G. barrisi (94214) G. sp. (94215 94216) G. sp., G. barrisi (94217)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) G. boothi (5620 5657 5661 5665 5668 8711 8714 8715 8716 8728 8808 8810 8811 8813 8814 8820 8827 8828 8829 8833 8924 8925 8926 8928 8930 8932 8959 8968 8985 8986 8987 8993 8994 8995 9003 9004 9016 9019 9020 9027 9028 9029 9352 9354 9355 10108 10109 10110 10459 10461 75137 89657 89660 89664 89665 89667 89668 89669 89670 89671 89683 89684 89687 89690 89698 89707 89715 89732 89734 89750 89751 89752 89753 89754 89765 89766 89777 89778 89779 89805 89812 89826 89827 89876 89877 89884 89886 89896 89923 89962 90841 90848 90850 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213 111332 111469 111471) G. sp. (8755 8756 8757 8759 8760 8764 8765 8767 8768 8769 8786 8789 8791 8793 8794 8795 8796 8797 8798 8799 10520 10523 74984 74985 74994 94452 94454)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) G. arkonensis (64664) G. boothi (207856)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Libya G. sp. (35615)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Venezuela (Zulia) G. perijaensis (70678)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Libya G. sp. (35619 35629)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain (Castille & Léon) G. ultimus (234789)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Colombia (Boyaca) Cryphaeus sp. (36012)