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Meroperixinae

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Meroperixinae Kobayashi and Hamada p. 68

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
familyScutelluidaeRichter and Richter 1955
subfamilyMeroperixinae
subfamilyMeroperixinae

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.

Subfm. †Meroperixinae Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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G. †Illaenoscutellum Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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†Illaenoscutellum platiceps Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
G. †Meroperix Lane 1972
G. †Opoa Lane 1972
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†Opoa trinodosa Kobayashi and Hamada 1986
G. †Tosacephalus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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†Tosacephalus fungiformis Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Greenland Meroperix aquilonaris (23051) Meroperix ataphrus, Opoa adamsi (188494)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Greenland Opoa sp. (23053)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Wisconsin) Meroperix sp. (91415)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Meroperix aquilonaris (77262 77264 77325 77326 77332) Meroperix aquilonaris, Opoa sp. (77327 77328) Opoa sp. (77334 77335 77336)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Greenland Meroperix ataphrus, Opoa adamsi (23048) Meroperix sp. (23101) Opoa adamsi (188492)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) Opoa sp. (26768)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Japan (Shikoku) Tosacephalus fungiformis, Illaenoscutellum platiceps (188690)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Japan (Skikoku) Opoa trinodosa (188692)