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Francovichia

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Francovichia was named by Branisa (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dalmanitidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Francovichia Branisa
2002Francovichia Jell and Adrain p. 377
2002Francovichia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusFrancovichiaBranisa 1960

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. †Francovichia Branisa 1960
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:50:16
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:04:43
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Bolivia (Tarija) F. sp. (36137)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3South Africa F. clarkei, F. sp. (a) (35578 35581) F. sp. (a) (35589)