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Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Rhyssometopidae

Taxonomy
Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus was named by Opik (1967). It is the type species of Rhyssometopus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. rugiceps, R. thielei, R. zhongguoensis, R. rostrifinis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus Opik
2006Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus Bentley et al. p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusRhyssometopusOepik 1967
speciesrhyssometopusOpik 1967

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Mindyallan or 499.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) Rhyssometopus rhyssometopus (77515 77516)