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Walliserops tridens

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Walliserops tridens was named by Chatterton et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UA 13451, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Lower Bed, ZGEE1 , which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Walliserops tridens Chatterton et al. p. 35 figs. Pl. 30.1-30.7

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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
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusWalliseropsMorzadec 2001
speciestridens

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.

Walliserops tridens Chatterton et al. 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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Walliserops tridens (type locality: 142430)