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Toxophacops

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Toxophacops was named by Zhiquiang and Campbell (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Echinophacopinae by Stocker et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Toxophacops Zhiquiang and Campbell
2002Toxophacops Sepkoski
2018Toxophacops Stocker et al.

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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
subfamilyEchinophacopinaeZhou and Campbell 1990
genusToxophacopsZhiquiang and Campbell 1990

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. †Toxophacops Zhiquiang and Campbell 1990
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Subg. †Toxophacops (Atopophacops) Zhou and Campbell 1990
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 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Inner Mongolia) T. apiculata (217256)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Japan T. fujiwara (223346)