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Dolichometopus acadicus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopus acadicus was named by Matthew (1897).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Dolichometopus acadicus Matthew p. 185 figs. pi. 3, figs. 6a-d
1916Dolichometopus acadicus Walcott p. 360 figs. Plate 53, figs. 1, 1a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusDolichometopusAngelin 1854
speciesacadicusMatthew 1897

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.

Dolichometopus acadicus Matthew 1897
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available