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Struveaspis micromma

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops micromma was named by Roemer (1852).

It was recombined as Phacopidella (Struveaspis) micromma by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Struveaspis micromma by Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Phacops micromma Roemer
1969Phacopidella (Struveaspis) micromma Alberti
2021Struveaspis micromma Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusStruveaspisReed 1905
speciesmicromma(Roemer 1852)

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.

†Struveaspis micromma Roemer 1852
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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: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Struveaspis micromma (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic Struveaspis micromma (12148)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Phacopidella micromma (27117)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Struveaspis micromma (25063)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Struveaspis micromma (229262)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Struveaspis micromma (27052)