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Cyrtosymbole (Franconicabole) iranica

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Franconicabole) iranica was named by Feist et al. (2003). Its type specimen is U M2-RF3 39, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northeastern slope of Hill III. Northwest of Niaz, Kale Sardar, which is in a Famennian/Famennian carbonate limestone in the Shishtu Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Cyrtosymbole (Franconicabole) iranica Feist et al. p. 289 figs. Pl.XXII f. 4 -6

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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
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymbole(Alberti 1976)
subgenusFranconicabole
speciesiranica

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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 370.60000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Famennian - Late/Upper Famennian370.6 - 360.7Iran Cyrtosymbole iranica (type locality: 223440)