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Griffithides (Particeps) ibericus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Griffithides (Particeps) ibericus was named by Hahn et al. (1996). Its type specimen is MGM-10013-H (pygidium and thorax) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.450 m SSE of Cerro de Perna, 5 km SE of Aliseda, which is in an Ivorian marine horizon in the Perna Formation of Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Griffithides (Particeps) ibericus Hahn et al. p. 203 figs. PI. 1 Figs. 7-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyGriffithidinaeHupé 1953
genusGriffithides
subgenusParticepsReed 1943
speciesibericus

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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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ivorian or 353.80000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Cáceres) Griffithides ibericus (type locality: 37218)