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Phacops (Phacops) potieri

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops potieri was named by Bayle (1878) [partim 1850. Ph. latifrons, BRONN; Verneuil = 1853. Ph. latifrons, BRONN; Guéranger [p.]. Its type specimen is Pl. XXVI, fig. 1 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Phacops (Phacops) potieri by Morzadec (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Phacops potieri Bayle figs. pl. 4 f. 7-10
1969Phacops (Phacops) potieri Morzadec pp. 918 - 920 figs. Pl. XXVI, fig. 1-6

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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
genusPhacops
subgenusPhacopsEmmrich 1839
speciespotieri(Bayle 1878)

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 07:54:02
Modified: 2009-06-10 09:54:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available