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Phylacops bituberculatus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Phylacops bituberculatus was named by Weir (1959). Its type specimen is B.M.N.H. In. 53392, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2014-09-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Phylacops bituberculatus Weir pp. 377 - 378 figs. Plale 62 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusPhylacops
speciesbituberculatus

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Weir 1959Phylacops wilh oblique laleral glabellar furrows placed far back; one pair of tubercles situated between lateral glabellar and occipital furrows.
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Ireland Phylacops bituberculatus (162246)