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Cermatops

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Cermatops was named by Shergold (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. Its type is Cermatops vieta.

It was assigned to Iwayaspidinae by Shergold (1980); to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ceratopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
C. vieta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cermatops Shergold p. 69
2002Cermatops Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Cermatops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyIwayaspidinaeKobayashi 1962
genusCermatops

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. †Cermatops Shergold 1980
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Cermatops vieta Shergold 1980
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Iverian or 494.00000 to 489.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.0 - 489.5Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (228191 228193 228200 228205) C. sp., C. vieta (228021 228022 228044 228199 228201 228202) C. vieta (228020 228023 228026 228184 228185 228192 228203)