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Greenops (Neometacanthus) stellifer

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Phacops stellifer was named by Burmeister (1843).

It was recombined as Neometacanthus stellifer by Richter and Richter (1948); it was recombined as Greenops (Neometacanthus) stellifer by Bignon and Cronier (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Phacops stellifer Burmeister
1948Neometacanthus stellifer Richter and Richter
2014Greenops (Neometacanthus) stellifer Bignon and Cronier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusGreenopsDelo 1935
subgenusNeometacanthus(Richter 1984)
speciesstellifer(Burmeister 1843)

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.

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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Neometacanthus stellifer (188766)