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Austerops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Austerops was named by McKellar and Chatterton (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Austerops kermiti.

It was assigned to Phacopinae by Crônier et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Austerops McKellar and Chatterton
2018Austerops Crônier et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAusteropsMcKellar and Chatterton 2009

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.

G. †Austerops McKellar and Chatterton 2009
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†Austerops kermiti McKellar and Chatterton 2009
†Austerops salamandar McKellar and Chatterton 2009
†Austerops salamandaroides Crônier et al. 2018
†Austerops smoothops Chatterton et al. 2006
†Austerops speculator Alberti 1970
†Austerops speculator punctatus McKellar and Chatterton 2009
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 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Morocco A. smoothops (188202)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Phacops smoothops (142430 181542)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco A. sp. B Cronier et al. 2018 (214954) A. sp. D Cronier et al. 2018, A. salamandaroides (214953) Phacops smoothops (142431 188190) Phacops speculator (27151)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (Anti-Atlas) A. kermiti (235411) A. kermiti, A. salamandar (235419) A. speculator (229107)