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Austerops salamandar

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Austerops salamandar was named by McKellar and Chatterton (2009). Its type specimen is UA6892 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 282 m., Section 1, Jbel Oufatene. Diademaproetus Couche, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the El Otfal Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Austerops salamandar McKellar and Chatterton p. 40 figs. Plate 10.1-10.10; Text-figure 13

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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
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAusteropsMcKellar and Chatterton 2009
speciessalamandar

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.

Austerops salamandar McKellar and Chatterton 2009
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Austerops salamandar (type locality: 235419)