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Metopotropis

Trilobita - Monkaspididae

Taxonomy
Metopotropis was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 482]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Auritamidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Monkaspididae by Peng et al. (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Metopotropis Opik
2002Metopotropis Jell and Adrain p. 467
2002Metopotropis Sepkoski
2004Metopotropis Peng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyMonkaspididaeKobayashi 1935
genusMetopotropisOpik 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.

G. †Metopotropis Opik 1967
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Metopotropis sinensis Peng et al. 2004
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Payntonian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian501.0 - 498.5China (Hunan) M. sinensis (126286)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) M. sinensis (49187)
Payntonian494.0 - 485.4Australia (Northern Territory) M. sp. nov. (77426)