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Geesopini

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Geesopini was named by Struve (1984).

It was assigned to Phacopinae by Weber (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Geesopini Struve
2000Geesopini Weber p. 543

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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
tribeGeesopiniStruve 1984
tribeGeesopiniStruve 1984

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.

Tr. †Geesopini Struve 1984
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G. †Arduennops Struve 1972
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†Arduennops michelsi Struve 1970
G. †Drotops Struve 1990
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†Drotops armatus Struve 1990
†Drotops megalomanicus Struve 1990
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 410.62000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Arduennops michelsi (188767)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (Mäider) Drotops megalomanicus, Drotops subornatus (234963)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium Hypsipariops sp. (205311)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) Hypsipariops sp. (229333)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Morocco Drotops megalomanicus (226635)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Morocco (Maider) Drotops armatus, Hypsipariops vagabundus (234962)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) Pedinopariops eurycaulus (235167)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Pedinopariops eurycaulus (235193)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium Pedinopariops lyncops (234966)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco Drotops megalomanicus (74491) Pedinopariops vagabundus (229108 229110)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pedinopariops lyncops (75584 75585)