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Destombesina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Destombesina was named by Morzadec (1997). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asteropyginae by Bignon and Cronier (2013).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Destombesina Morzadec
2013Destombesina Bignon and Cronier

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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
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusDestombesinaMorzadec 1997

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. †Destombesina Morzadec 1997
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Destombesina schumacherorum Basse and Mueller 2016
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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco D. tafilaltensis (208204)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Germany D. schumacherorum (202942)