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Scopelochasmops cambrensis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Chasmops cambrensis was named by Whittington (1962). Its type specimen is BM (NH) 54116, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Scopelochasmops cambrensis by McNamara (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. wrangeli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Chasmops cambrensis Whittington p. 19 figs. Pl 4, fig. 1, 3, 6
1980Scopelochasmops cambrensis McNamara

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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
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyChasmopinaePillet 1954
genusScopelochasmops
speciescambrensis()

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.

†Scopelochasmops cambrensis Whittington 1962
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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 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) Chasmops cambrensis (192388)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Walers) Chasmops cambrensis (3304)
Longvillian - Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Scopelochasmops cambrensis (192402)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Chasmops cambrensis (3305 188591 192390)