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Reedops bronni

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops bronni was named by Barrande (1846). It is the type species of Reedops.

It was recombined as Phacops (Reedops) bronni by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Reedops bronni by Sandford (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. baoshanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Phacops bronni Barrande
1969Phacops (Reedops) bronni Alberti
2005Reedops bronni Sandford p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusReedopsRichter and Richter 1925
speciesbronni(Barrande 1846)

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 bronni Barrande 1846
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

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

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Srbsko) Reedops bronni (235198)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Reedops bronni (136452 136454)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Phacops bronni (27037 27039 27040 27042 27050 27055 27062 27068)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Reedops bronni (10378 12101 12102 12103 12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia Reedops bronni (10372 10379)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Reedops bronni (235426)