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Diaphanometopidae (trilobite)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Diaphanometopidae

Taxonomy
Diaphanometopidae was named by Jaanusson (1959). It is not extant. Its type is Diaphanometopus.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopina by Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Diaphanometopidae Jaanusson
2002Diaphanometopidae Jell and Adrain p. 469
2011Diaphanometopidae Adrain p. 106

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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
familyDiaphanometopidaeJaanusson 1959
familyDiaphanometopidaeJaanusson 1959

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.

Fm. †Diaphanometopidae Jaanusson 1959 [trilobite]
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G. †Diaphanometopus Schmidt 1881
G. †Gyrometopus Jaanusson 1975
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Gyrometopus lineatus Angelin 1854
G. †Prodalmanitina Chugaeva 1968
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Prodalmanitina nikolayevi Chugaeva 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: carnivoresubo
Created: 2012-08-27 22:18:01
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:18:01
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Billingen or 474.80000 to 471.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden Diaphanometopus lineatus (192718)