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Nephranops (Maternia) occitanicus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Nephranops occitanicus was named by Feist (2019). Its type specimen is UM-IP 824, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nephranops (Maternia) occitanicus by Feist (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Nephranops (Maternia) occitanicus Feist pp. 10 - 12 fig. 5A–I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusNephranops
subgenusMaternia(Richter 1926)
speciesoccitanicus()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2010-01-27 01:06:32
Modified: 2010-01-27 03:06:32
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5France (Montagne Noire) Nephranops occitanicus (223521 223522 223523)