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Pterygometopus sclerops

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Calymene sclerops was named by Dalman (1827). It is the type species of Pterygometopus.

It was recombined as Pterygometopus sclerops by Jaanusson and Ramsköld (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Pterygometopus sclerops Jaanusson and Ramsköld

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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
subfamilyPterygometopinaeReed 1905
genusPterygometopusSchmidt 1881
speciessclerops(Dalman 1827)

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.

Pterygometopus sclerops Dalman 1827
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:20:09
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:20:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Richmondian or 471.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden Pterygometopus sclerops (198042 198045)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) Pterygometopus sclerops (235818)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation Pterygometopus sclerops (157085 157086 157102 157103 157104 157105 157106 157107 157108 157109 157111 157112 157113 157114 157115 157120)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Pterygometopus sclerops (160497 162375 188210 188215 188219 188271 188280 188299 188301)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Minnesota) Pterygometopus sclerops (358)