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Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) niazensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) niazensis was named by Feist et al. (2003) [Cyrtosymbole (? Cyrtosymbole) niazensis]. Its type specimen is UM2-RF 335, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Top of Hill III. Northwest of Niaz, Kale Sardar, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Shishtu Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtosymbole) niazensis Feist et al. p. 288

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymboleRichter 1913
subgenusCyrtosymboleRichter 1913
speciesniazensis

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
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Iran Cyrtosymbole niazensis (type locality: 223428)