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Maurotarion struszi

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi was named by Chatterton (1971). Its type specimen is ANU 17841, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Chatterton Loc. A, Assemblage A, top of Receptaculites Lst, near Yass, NSW, which is in an Emsian marine lime mudstone/grainstone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Maurotarion struszi by Adrain and Chatterton (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Otarion (Tricornotarion) struszi Chatterton p. 74 figs. Pl. 19, fig. 22
1995Maurotarion struszi Adrain and Chatterton p. 324 figs. 10.1-10.9, 10.12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusMaurotarionAlberti 1969
speciesstruszi()

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.

Maurotarion struszi Chatterton 1971
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Otarion struszi (type locality: 39884 39886)