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Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops) McNamara

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyChasmopinaePillet 1954
genusToxochasmopsMcNamara 1979
subgenusToxochasmopsMcNamara 1979

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.

Subg. †Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops) McNamara 1979
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Invalid names: Phacops macroura Sjögren and Angelin 1851 [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 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Marshbrookian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 455.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Toxochasmops extensus (2762 3252)
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) Toxochasmops extensus (2761 166925 166926 166927 166931 166933 166936 166940 166943 167368 167370 167371 167396 167397 167398 167416 167417)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5Norway (Oslo) Toxochasmops extensus (3253 3254)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Toxochasmops granuliferus (169025 169026)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden Chasmops macrourus (161789 161793 161794 161795)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) Chasmops macrourus (73411 161740)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Russian Federation Toxochasmops estonicus (169034) Toxochasmops inge (169224)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) Toxochasmops sp. (169018)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Sweden (Öland) Toxochasmops inge, Toxochasmops macrourus (169012)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Toxochasmops notabilis (169030) Toxochasmops notabilis, Toxochasmops inge, Toxochasmops estonicus (168637 169027)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia Toxochasmops notabilis, Toxochasmops inge, Toxochasmops estonicus (168742)
Rakvere451.8 - 450.5Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa) Toxochasmops wesenbergensis (155682 169029)
Rakvere451.8 - 450.5Estonia Toxochasmops wesenbergensis (161316 168508 168620 168788 169033 169036 169040)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway (Baerum) Toxochasmops extensus (163195)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Sweden (Öland) Toxochasmops macrourus (158143)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Hiiu) Toxochasmops vormsiensis (87305 87306)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) Toxochasmops vormsiensis (168506 168717)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia Toxochasmops vormsiensis (168759 169016)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Harju) Toxochasmops vormsiensis (161215)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Toxochasmops marri (196867)