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Myopsolenites boutiouiti

Trilobita - Bathynotidae

Taxonomy
Myopsolenites boutiouiti was named by Geyer and Landing (2004). Its type specimen is PIW 2003III23a, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Myopsolenites boutiouiti Geyer and Landing pp. 201 - 205 figs. 4, 5, 7.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyBathynotidaeHupé 1953
genusMyopsolenitesOpik 1975
speciesboutiouiti

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.

Myopsolenites boutiouiti Geyer and Landing 2004
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Geyer and E. Landing 2004Species of Myopsolenites with moderately tapering glabella with well developed, transglabellar S1 and truncate front; moderately long palpebral lobes; thorax with thirteen segments; pygidium with with gently curved lateral and posterior margins, subparabolic in outline.
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: Lenian or 516.00000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Morocco Myopsolenites boutiouiti (161460)