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Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae

Taxonomy
Phacops mucronata was named by Brongniart (1822). Its type specimen is PM 066296 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dalmanites mucronatus by Kiaer (1897); it was recombined as Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) mucronata by Destombes (1963); it was recombined as Mucronaspis mucronatus by Lesperance (1974); it was recombined as Mucronaspis mucronata by Owen (1981); it was recombined as Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus by Zhou (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Phacops mucronata Brongniart
1865Phacops mucronata Brongniart
1897Dalmanites mucronatus Kiaer p. 76
1963Dalmanitina (Mucronaspis) mucronata Destombes p. 51
1964Dalmanitina malayensis Kobayashi and Hamada
1974Mucronaspis mucronatus Lesperance
1981Mucronaspis mucronata Owen p. 272
2012Mucronaspis (Songxites) mucronatus Zhou

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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
subgenusSongxites(Lin 1981)
speciesmucronatus(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.

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Invalid names: Mucronaspis malayensis Kobayashi and Hamada 1964 [synonym]
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: blindg
Created: 2010-02-08 07:13:48
Modified: 2010-02-08 09:13:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Porkuni or 445.20000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Mucronaspis mucronata (24833)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Dalmanitina mucronata (13132) Mucronaspis mucronatus (12582 12583)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4China (Jiangxi) Dalmanitina mucronata (27904)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Estonia Mucronaspis mucronata (151991 151993 151996 151997 152048 152049 161297 173385 173429 173430)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Estonia (Valga) Dalmanitina mucronata (197449)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Latvia Dalmanitina mucronata (197459) Mucronaspis mucronata (173381 173390 173407 173441 173448 173453 173461 173471 173491 173687 173688 173689 173690 193145 193146 193147 193148 193149 193150 193151)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (Östergötland) Dalmanitina mucronata (186269)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Dalmanitina mucronata (153091)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (England) Phacops mucronata (196870)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Turkey (Yığılca/Düzce) Mucronaspis mucronata (185140 185141)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Malaysia Dalmanitina malayensis (73357)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Dalmanitina mucronata (149318) Modiolopsis draboviensis (149320) Mucronaspis mucronata (155721)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4New Zealand Mucronaspis mucronata (63097)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) Mucronaspis mucronata (153336 153337)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Thailand Mucronaspis mucronata (192500)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Zhejiang) Dalmanitina mucronata (27910)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden (Jamtland) Dalmanitina mucronata (153328 153329 153331 153332)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) Mucronaspis mucronata (81280)