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Dolichometopsis resseri

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae

Taxonomy
Dolichometopsis resseri was named by Poulsen (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Kent, which is in a Waucoban marine horizon in the Cape Kent Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Dolichometopsis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. comis, D. communis, D. lepida, D. media, D. minuta, D. poulseni, D. septentrionalis, D. stella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Dolichometopsis resseri Poulsen p. 257 figs. Pl. XVI , fig . 2-12.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyDolichometopidae
genusDolichometopsis
speciesresseri

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.

†Dolichometopsis resseri Poulsen 1927
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Waucoban or 538.80000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waucoban538.8 - 506.5Greenland Dolichometopsis resseri (type locality: 225266)