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Mucronaspis

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Mucronaspis was named by Destombes (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m S Ldov-m Sepkoski's reference number: 574].

It was reranked as Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) by Destombes (1963).

It was assigned to Dalmanitina by Destombes (1963); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dalmanitidae by Jell and Adrain (2002), Hints et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) Destombes
1963Mucronaspis Destombes
2002Mucronaspis Jell and Adrain p. 408
2002Mucronaspis Sepkoski
2012Mucronaspis Hints et al.

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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
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusMucronaspisDestombes 1963

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. †Mucronaspis Destombes 1963
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Subg. †Mucronaspis (Songxites) Lin 1981
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Invalid names: Mucronaspis malayensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1964 [synonym]
†Mucronaspis chillonensis Hammann 1972
†Mucronaspis destombesi Henry 1965
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†Mucronaspis ganabina Snajdr 1987
†Mucronaspis grandis Barrande 1852
†Mucronaspis macrophtalma Brongniart 1822
†Mucronaspis olini Temple 1952
Invalid names: Eodalmanitina Henry 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Hirnantian or 461.10000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (144 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France (Orne) Eodalmanitina destombesi (174576)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France Eodalmanitina chillonensis (174654) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174556) Eodalmanitina sp., Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174550)
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician471.3 - 443.1France Eodalmanitina destombesi (174538 174651 174652) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma, Eodalmanitina destombesi (174547)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2France Eodalmanitina chillonensis (174653)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) Eodalmanitina sp. (20899)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Caceres) Eodalmanitina sp. (21048)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Sierra Morena and Badajoz) Eodalmanitina sp. (21022)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Spain M. destombesi (230085)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2France Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174553)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Spain M. destombesi (230070) M. macrophtalma (230079 230086)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Ciudad Real) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (44050)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Guadalajara) Eodalmanitina destombesi (194901 194902) Eodalmanitina sp. (194899)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Dalmanitina macrophthalma (20883)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France Eodalmanitina sp. (21004)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain Eodalmanitina destombesi (93271)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Badajoz) Eodalmanitina sp. (21050)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) Eodalmanitina destombesi (166760) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (20891) Eodalmanitina sp. (21051)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal Eodalmanitina destombesi (193320 193328 193329) Eodalmanitina sp. (20932 20933 20958)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France (Finistere) Dalmanitina macrophtalma (20866)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Sierra Morena and Cuidad Real) Eodalmanitina sp. (21017)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) Eodalmanitina sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Portugal (Marao) Eodalmanitina nava, Eodalmanitina destombesi (21012)
Dobrotivian - Berounian461.0 - 450.1Morocco (Maïder) M. alnifensis (20970)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc461.0 - 449.5Spain (Ciudad Real) Eodalmanitina sp. (20892)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Morocco M. zagoraensis (20966)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1France (Manche) Eodalmanitina sp. (20849)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1France (Calvados) M. sp. (174726)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Norway M. kjaeri (159536)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) M. termieri (20962)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Praha) M. grandis, M. ganabina (151985) M. sp. (151986 151988)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Czechia (Prague) M. sp. (76479)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Morocco M. termieri, M. greti (155720)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia M. sp. (3875 3879 3880)
Kralodvorian - Hirnantian450.1 - 443.1Czechia (Praha) M. sp. (151987 151989)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) M. macronata (24455)
Bolindian449.0 - 443.1Australia (Victoria) Songxites darraweitensis (64543)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) M. sp. (8370)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco (Zagora) M. greti, M. termieri (193841)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.1China (Jiangxi) Dalmanitina mucronata, Dalmanitina wuningensis (27904)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) M. mucronastus, M. olini (24519) M. mucronata, M. olini (24833) M. sp. (24520)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Dalmanitina mucronata (13132) M. mucronatus (12582) M. mucronatus, M. olini (12583)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1New Zealand M. mucronata (63097)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Wales) M. mucronata (153336 153337) M. sp. (8384 8386 8403) M. sp., M. olini (8385)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Québec) M. mucronata, M. olini (81280)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1South Africa M. olini (26994)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) M. sp. (437 439 441)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Norway (Oslo-Asker District) M. sp. (364)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Russian Federation Dalmanitina olini (152990)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Czechia (Praha) Dalmanitina mucronata (149318) Modiolopsis draboviensis (149320) M. grandis, M. ganabina (202253 202254) M. mucronata, M. grandis (155721)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Thailand M. mucronata (192500)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden M. sp. (2768)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (England) Phacops mucronata (196870)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Hunan) M. wuningensis (195042)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Kazakhstan Dalmanitina olini (153087) M. mucranota, Dalmanitina olini (153085 153086)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Argentina M. sp. (8891)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Jamtland) Dalmanitina mucronata (153328 153329 153331 153332)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Malaysia Dalmanitina malayensis (73357) M. sp. (228935)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Türkiye (Yığılca/Düzce) M. mucronata (185140 185141)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1China (Zhejiang) Dalmanitina mucronata (27910)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Czechia Dalmanitina mucronata (3881 3882)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Morocco M. sp. (21002)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Morocco (Maïder) M. termieri (20996)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Latvia Dalmanitina mucronata (197459) M. mucronata (173381 173390 173407 173441 173448 173453 173461 173471 173687 173688 193145 193146 193147 193148 193149 193150 193151) M. sp. (173394 173413) M. sp., M. mucronata (173491 173689 173690)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Russian Federation (Kaliningradskaya Oblast) Dalmanitina mucronata (235855)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Dalmanitina mucronata (153091)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Östergötland) Dalmanitina mucronata (186269)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia (Valga) Dalmanitina mucronata (197449)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia M. mucronata (151993 152049 173385 173429 173430) M. sp. (151992) M. sp., M. mucronata (151991 151996 151997 152048 161297)