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Morgatia primitiva

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Morgatia primitiva was named by Hammann (1972). Its type specimen is SMF 24756, a cephalon/head, and it is a cast. It is the type species of Morgatia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Morgatia primitiva Hammann

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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
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusMorgatia
speciesprimitiva

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.

Morgatia primitiva Hammann 1972
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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 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Llandeilo or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2France Morgatia primitiva (174653)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Spain Morgatia primitiva (230069 230070 230080)