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Rhenops hammerschmidti

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge (Rhenops) hammerschmidti was named by Richter and Richter (1939).

It was recombined as Metacanthina hammerschmidti by Hollard (1977); it was recombined as Rhenops hammerschmidti by Lemke (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Asteropyge (Rhenops) hammerschmidti Richter and Richter
1977Metacanthina hammerschmidti Hollard
2020Rhenops hammerschmidti Lemke p. 195

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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
genusRhenopsRichter and Richter 1943
specieshammerschmidti(Richter and Richter 1939)

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.

Rhenops hammerschmidti Richter and Richter 1939
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Metacanthina hammerschmidti (13939)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Turkey (Istanbul) Metacanthina hammerschmidti (32470)