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Phylacops

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Phylacops was named by Cooper and Kindle (1936). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Phylacops Cooper and Kindle
2002Phylacops Jell and Adrain p. 425

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusPhylacopsCooper and Kindle 1936

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.

G. †Phylacops Cooper and Kindle 1936
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Katian or 453.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7769)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7768)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Ireland P. bituberculatus (162246)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (ZheJiang) P. sp. (7767)