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Cyrtosymbole rectifrons

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole rectifrons was named by Lerosey-Aubril and Feist (2006). Its type specimen is UMC-IP442 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Korb-el-Atil, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Erfoud Formation of Morocco.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Cyrtosymbole rectifrons Lerosey-Aubril and Feist pp. 1054-1060 figs. plate 1, plate 2 figs. 1-30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymboleRichter 1913
speciesrectifrons

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.

Cyrtosymbole rectifrons Lerosey-Aubril and Feist 2006
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Morocco Cyrtosymbole rectifrons (type locality: 174648)