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Calyptaulax hunteri

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Calliops hunteri was named by Reed (1914).

It was recombined as Calyptaulax hunteri by Tripp (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Calliops hunteri Reed
1980Calyptaulax hunteri Tripp

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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
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusCalyptaulaxCooper 1930
specieshunteri(Reed 1914)

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.

Calyptaulax hunteri Reed 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:49:12
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:49:12
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Sandbian or 456.60000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Calyptaulax hunteri (208120 208123)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Calliops hunteri (165043)