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Perrector falloti

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Despujolsiidae

Taxonomy
Resserops (Richterops) falloti was named by Hupe (1953). Its type specimen is MNHN R. 50854 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tazemmourt Section, F6, which is in an Atdabanian marine shale in the Amouslek Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Resserops falloti by Geyer (1996); it was recombined as Perrector falloti by Geyer (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Resserops (Richterops) falloti Hupe pp. 54, 55, 59, 70, 81, 92, 98, 150, 171, 17 figs. text-figs. 36,6, 40,6, pl. VI, figs. 1, 2 (only)
1996Resserops falloti Geyer pp. 96, 98, 140 fig. 44
2020Perrector falloti Geyer pp. 44 - 52 figs. 7a–e, f?, 8?, 18–20, 21b, c, 22a, b, c?

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyDespujolsiidaeHarrington 1959
genusPerrectorRichter 1940
speciesfalloti(Hupe 1953)

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.

†Perrector falloti Hupe 1953
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Atdabanian or 521.00000 to 516.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco (Ant-Atlas) Resserops falloti (232862)