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Omegops cornelius

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Phacops) cornelius was named by Richter and Richter (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kornelimünster, which is in a Famennian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Etroeungt Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Phacops (Omegops) cornelius by Struve (1976); it was recombined as Omegops cornelius by Weber (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Phacops (Phacops) cornelius Richter and Richter pp. 15-16 figs. Tal. 2 Fig. 15
1976Phacops (Omegops) cornelius Struve p. 436 figs. Taf. 1 Fig. 7
2000Omegops cornelius Weber p. 543 figs. 2a-d

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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
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusOmegops()
speciescornelius(Richter and Richter 1933)

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.

Omegops cornelius Richter and Richter 1933
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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: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Phacops cornelius (84307)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Iran Phacops cornelius (223439)