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Ganetops ebbae

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge (Asteropyge) ebbae was named by Richter and Richter (1954) [Asteropyge (Asteropyge?) ebbae]. It is the type species of Ganetops.

It was recombined as Treveropyge ebbae by Smeenk (1983); it was recombined as Ganetops ebbae by Bignon et al. (2014); it was recombined as Paracryphaeus ebbae by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Asteropyge (Asteropyge) ebbae Richter and Richter
1983Treveropyge ebbae Smeenk p. 398 fig. 3
2014Ganetops ebbae Bignon et al. pp. Table 1
2020Paracryphaeus ebbae Lemke p. 138

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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
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusGanetops
speciesebbae(Richter and Richter 1954)

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.

Ganetops ebbae Richter and Richter 1954
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Gedinnine or 416.00000 to 412.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Treveropyge ebbae (23362)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Treveropyge ebbae (13878)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Treveropyge ebbae (13936)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Spain (León) Treveropyge ebbae (234796)