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Exochops portlocki

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia (Griffithides) portlocki was named by Meek and Worthen (1865).

It was recombined as Griffithides portlocki by Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Exochops portlocki by Weller (1936).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Phillipsia (Griffithides) portlocki Meek and Worthen
1884Griffithides portlocki Walcott p. 266 figs. Plate xxiv, figs. 4, 4a, b
1936Exochops portlocki Weller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
genusExochops
speciesportlocki(Meek and Worthen 1865)

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.

Exochops portlocki Meek and Worthen 1865
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 360.70000 to 342.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian - Osagean360.7 - 342.8USA (Nevada) Exochops portlocki (5752)