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Particeps scoticus minimus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Particeps scoticus minimus was named by Osmólska (1970). Its type specimen is GSM No. 102540 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Particeps minimus by Wagner (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Particeps scoticus minimus Osmólska pp. 115 - 116 figs. PI. XV, Figs 2, 14; Text-fig. 98, T, X
2020Particeps minimus Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyGriffithidinaeHupé 1953
genusParticeps(Reed 1943)
speciesscoticus(Reed 1943)
subspeciesminimus

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.

Particeps scoticus minimus Osmólska 1970
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Namurian or 330.90000 to 318.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Namurian330.9 - 318.7United Kingdom (England) Particeps scoticus (218840)