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Trimerocephalus caecus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops caecus was named by Gürich (1896).

It was recombined as Trimerocephalus caecus by Osmólska (1958), Cronier et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Phacops caecus Gürich p. 362–363 figs. pl. 15, figs 4a–c
1901Phacops caecus Drevermann pp. 18 - 19 figs. Taf. XIII , fig . 4, 4a-b.
1958Trimerocephalus caecus Osmólska pp. 128-131 figs. 3, pl. 2, figs 1a–c, 2a, b, 3
2013Trimerocephalus caecus Cronier et al. p. 1011 fig. 3a–c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTrimerocephalus
speciescaecus()

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.

Trimerocephalus caecus Gürich 1896
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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: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-15 23:29:10
Modified: 2010-06-25 05:40:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Algeria Trimerocephalus caecus (234942)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86France (Alsace) Trimerocephalus caecus (40081)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Phacops caecus (223449)