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Nyterops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Nyterops was named by Struve (1972). It is not extant. Its type is Phacops (Phacops) nyter.

It was reranked as Geesops (Nyterops) by Basse (1997).

It was assigned to Geesops by Basse (1997); to Phacopidae by Ernst and Bohatý (2009); and to Phacopinae by Van Viersen and Koppka (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Nyterops Struve
1997Geesops (Nyterops) Basse
2009Nyterops Ernst and Bohatý
2021Nyterops Van Viersen and Koppka p. 51

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusNyteropsStruve 1972

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. †Nyterops Struve 1972
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†Nyterops hollandi Van Viersen 2007
†Nyterops nyter Struve 1970
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 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eifelian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 390.50000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Geesops nyter (229542)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium N. sp., N. hollandi (205311)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) N. hollandi (229333)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Geesops sp. (235189)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Geesops nyter (229458 229459)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany Geesops nyter (229629) N. nyter (144265)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhein-Westfalen) Geesops sp. (229539)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium N. hollandi (205314)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9France N. hollandi (223265 223267)