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Kainops microps

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Paciphacops (Paciphacops) microps was named by Chatterton et al. (1979). Its type specimen is ANU 35207, a cephalon/head, and it is a cast.

It was recombined as Kainops microps by Ramsköld and Werdelin (1991), McKellar and Chatterton (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Paciphacops (Paciphacops) microps Chatterton et al. p. 816 figs. Pl. 107, fig. 1-4
1991Kainops microps Ramsköld and Werdelin p. 65
2009Kainops microps McKellar and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKainops
speciesmicrops()

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.

Kainops microps Chatterton et al. 1979
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) Paciphacops microps (69338 69340 69346 69347 69348 69350)