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Rhenops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Rhenops was named by Richter and Richter (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 983,1106]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Asteropyge (Rhenops) by Richter (1939).

It was assigned to Asteropyge by Richter (1939); to Asteropyginae by Carvalho and Moody (2000); to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Asteropyge (Rhenops) Richter
1943Rhenops Richter and Richter
2000Rhenops Carvalho and Moody p. 7
2002Rhenops Jell and Adrain p. 439
2002Rhenops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusRhenopsRichter and Richter 1943

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. †Rhenops Richter and Richter 1943
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Rhenops hammerschmidti Richter and Richter 1939
Rhenops odremani Carvalho and Moody 2000
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 410.80000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Metacanthina hammerschmidti (13939)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) Metacanthina hammerschmidti (32470)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) R. lethaeae (40062)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) R. sp. (40408)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9France (Alsace) R. lethaeae, R. redonesianus (40063)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Poland Asteropyge jani (164486)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Venezuela (Zulia) R. odremani (70676 70677)