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Eops

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Saukiandidae

Taxonomy
Eops was named by Richter (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Saukiandidae by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Redlichiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eops Richter
1997Eops Whittington et al. p. 458
2002Eops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familySaukiandidaeHupé 1953
genusEopsRichter 1940

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. †Eops Richter 1940
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 08:02:41
Modified: 2009-12-19 10:02:41
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Spain (Andalucia) E. eo (8093)