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Dasometopus breviceps

Trilobita - Holocephalinidae

Taxonomy
Harpides breviceps was named by Angelin (1878). It is the type species of Dasometopus.

It was recombined as Dasometopus breviceps by Resser (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Harpides breviceps Angelin p. 87 figs. pi. 41, fig. 8
1936Dasometopus breviceps Resser p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyHolocephalinidaeHupé 1953
genusDasometopus
speciesbreviceps(Angelin 1878)

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.

Dasometopus breviceps Angelin 1878
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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: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-04 12:55:26
Modified: 2010-01-04 14:55:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Menevian or 504.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation Dasometopus breviceps (10118)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Alaska) Dasometopus breviceps (10508)