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Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Trimerocephalus) mastophthalmus was named by Richter (1856). It is the type species of Trimerocephalus.

It was recombined as Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus by Feist (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Phacops (Trimerocephalus) mastophthalmus Richter
2019Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus Feist p. 18

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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
genusTrimerocephalus
speciesmastophthalmus(Richter 1856)

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: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-15 23:29:10
Modified: 2010-06-25 05:40:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Middle Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 385.90000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Germany (Sauerland) Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus (229409)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Phacops mastophthalmus (235123)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Sauerland) Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus (235126)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Germany Trimerocephalus mastophthalmus (223588)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Phacops mastophthalmus (223449)