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Cermatops vieta

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Cermatops vieta was named by Shergold (1980). Its type specimen is CPC 15347a, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lily Creek Section K199, which is in an Iverian open shallow subtidal grainstone/mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Cermatops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cermatops vieta Shergold p. 87 figs. Pl. 34, fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyIwayaspidinaeKobayashi 1962
genusCermatops
speciesvieta

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.

Cermatops vieta Shergold 1980
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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: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Iverian or 494.20000 to 491.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Iverian494.2 - 491.0Australia (Queensland) Cermatops vieta (228020 228021 type locality: 228022 228023 228026 228044 228184 228185 228192 228199 228201 228202 228203)