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Eomonorachus buttsi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Calliops buttsi was named by Cooper (1953) [Pterygometopus sp. of Butts 1941]. Its type specimen is USNM 97368, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eomonorachus buttsi by Ludvigsen and Chatterton (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Calliops buttsi Cooper p. 34 figs. Pl. 14, fig. 10
1982Eomonorachus buttsi Ludvigsen and Chatterton p. 2188

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusEomonorachusDelo 1935
speciesbuttsi()

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.

Eomonorachus buttsi Cooper 1953
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available