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Mucronaspis macrophtalma

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Calymene macrophtalma was named by Brongniart (1822).

It was corrected as Calymene macrophthalma by Brongniart (1822); it was recombined as Dalmanitina macrophtalma by de Tromelin and Lebesconte (1875); it was recombined as Dalmanitina macrophthalmus by Born (1916); it was recombined as Dalmanitina (Eodalmanitina) macrophthalma by Henry (1965); it was recombined as Eodalmanitina macrophtalma by Nion and Henry (1966); it was recombined as Mucronaspis macrophtalma by Hammann (1974); it was recombined as Eodalmanitina macrophthalma by Henry and Nion (1970) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Calymene macrophthalma Brongniart p. 15 figs. pl. 1 f. 4 (non 5)
1875Dalmanitina macrophtalma de Tromelin and Lebesconte p. 630
1916Dalmanitina macrophthalmus Born pp. 352 - 353 figs. pl. 26 f. 5
1965Dalmanitina (Eodalmanitina) macrophthalma Henry
1966Eodalmanitina macrophtalma Nion and Henry
1970Eodalmanitina macrophthalma Henry and Nion
1974Mucronaspis macrophtalma Hammann
2002Eodalmanitina macrophthalma Jell and Adrain p. 372

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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
superfamilyDalmanitoideaVogdes 1890
familyDalmanitidaeVogdes 1890
genusMucronaspisDestombes 1963
speciesmacrophtalma(Brongniart 1822)

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.

Mucronaspis macrophtalma Brongniart 1822
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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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Llandeilo or 459.00000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4France Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174550 174556)
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician470.0 - 443.8France Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174547)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4Spain Mucronaspis macrophtalma (230079 230086)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4France Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (174553)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Ille-et-Vilaine) Dalmanitina macrophthalma (20883)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Ciudad Real) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (44050)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) Eodalmanitina macrophtalma (20891)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Finistere) Dalmanitina macrophtalma (20866)