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Dreyfussina exophtalma

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Dalmania exophthalma was named by Dreyfuss (1948).

It was recombined as Dreyfussina exophtalma by Hupe (1956); it was misspelled as Dreyfussina exphtalma by Gutierrez-Marco and Rabano (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Dalmania exophthalma Dreyfuss
1956Dreyfussina exophtalma Hupe
1987Dreyfussina exphtalma Gutierrez-Marco and Rabano

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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
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusDreyfussinaHupé 1956
speciesexophtalma(Dreyfuss 1948)

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.

Dreyfussina exophtalma Dreyfuss 1948
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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 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Berounian or 459.70000 to 450.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Caceres and Cuidad Real) Dreyfussina exphtalma (21047)
Berounian - Pusgillian459.7 - 449.2France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dreyfussina exophthalma (166747)