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Austerops speculator

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Phacops) speculator was named by Alberti (1970) [= 1951 Phacops fecundus Barrande; Gigout, p. 331. = 1955 Phacops fecundus Barrande; Gigout, table B. = 1965 Phacops fecundus Barrande; Gigout in Gigout et al., p. 9. = 1969 Phacops (Phacops) cf. rana milleri Stewart; G.K.B. Alberti, p. 437.]. Its type specimen is ICSR Alberti 1970 pl. 12. fig. 2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Platy Marl near Sidi Abdallah, Rehamna, Western Morocco, which is in an Eifelian marine marl in Morocco.

It was recombined as Austerops speculator by McKellar and Chatterton (2009).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Phacops (Phacops) speculator Alberti p. 91 figs. pl.12, figs. 1-2, 5-6. [non pl. 12, figs. 3-4]
2009Austerops speculator McKellar and Chatterton pp. 34 - 35

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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
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAusteropsMcKellar and Chatterton 2009
speciesspeculator(Alberti 1970)

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 speculator Alberti 1970
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Austerops speculator punctatus McKellar and Chatterton 2009
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Diagnosis
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