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Dolichometopsis mansfieldi

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopsis mansfieldi was named by Resser (1939). Its type specimen is USNM 98511a-d and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 19s, which is in a Delamaran/Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. comis, D. communis, D. lepida, D. media, D. minuta, D. poulseni, D. septentrionalis, D. stella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Dolichometopsis mansfieldi Resser p. 36 figs. pl. 6, figs. 11-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusDolichometopsis
speciesmansfieldi

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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-09-21 20:17:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:15:31
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Marjumian or 511.20000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran - Marjumian511.2 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Dolichometopsis mansfieldi (type locality: 225269)