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Damghanampyx ginteri

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Damghanampyx ginteri was named by Ghobadi Pour et al. (2007). Its type specimen is EUIT5067 (complete specimen) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Simeh-Kuh section, "T" bed, which is in a Tremadoc marine siltstone in the Simeh-Kuh Formation of Iran. It is the type species of Damghanampyx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Damghanampyx ginteri Ghobadi Pour et al. p. 499 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusDamghanampyx
speciesginteri

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.

Damghanampyx ginteri Ghobadi Pour et al. 2007
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 23:10:26
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Damghanampyx ginteri (type locality: 116235 116238 116241)