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Gandlops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Gandlops Bignon and Crônier p. 651

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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
genusGandlops

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. †Gandlops Bignon and Crônier 2013
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†Gandlops brevispinosus Gandl 1972
†Gandlops ogivalis Morzadec 1976
†Gandlops tamnrherta Chatterton et al. 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Bignon and C. Crônier 2013Frontal lobe diamond shaped; axial furrows curved between S2 and S3; 6–10 lenses per dorsoventral file of visual surface; genal spine shorter than glabella; lateral border narrow and developed on genal spine. Eight to 11 pygidial axial rings without median tuber- cle; 5 pleural segments with pleural furrows rather wide, rounded pleural bands; 5 very small and narrow pairs of pygidial spines mainly developed from posterior pleural bands, separated from each other; triangular terminal spine as wide as axis and slightly longer than other pygidial spines.
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: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Emsian or 402.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) Pseudocryphaeus ogivalis (40505)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Kayserops tamnrherta (181542 219184)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) Kayserops brevispinosus (40431)