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Reedops cephalotes

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops cephalotes was named by Hawle and Corda (1847).

It was recombined as Reedops cephalotes by Alberti (1983), Oudot et al. (2019).

Subspecies
R. hamlagdadianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Phacops cephalotes Hawle and Corda
1983Reedops cephalotes Alberti
2019Reedops cephalotes Oudot et al. p. 777

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusReedopsRichter and Richter 1925
speciescephalotes()

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.

†Reedops cephalotes Hawle and Corda 1847
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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 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 413.02000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Phacops cephalotes (27037 27038 27039 27060 27062 27068) Reedops cephalotes (91724 229102)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Reedops cephalotes (10378 12101 12102 12103 12104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) Reedops cephalotes (76471)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Reedops cephalotes (136452)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Algeria Reedops cephalotes (27162)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia Reedops cephalotes (10372 10379)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Phacops cephalotes (150334)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Reedops cephalotes (214969)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Reedops cephalotes (27126)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Reedops hamlagdadianus (235426)