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Morocops struvei

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Phacops) sparsinodosus struvei was named by Schraut (2000). Its type specimen is SMF 57108, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Morocops.

It was recombined as Morocops struvei by Basse (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Phacops (Phacops) sparsinodosus struvei Schraut p. 530 figs. 5-7, 8g-q
2006Morocops struvei Basse

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusMorocopsBasse 2006
speciesstruvei(Schraut 2000)

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.

Morocops struvei Schraut 2000
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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 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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available