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Flagellopantopus blocki

Pycnogonida

Taxonomy
Flagellopantopus blocki was named by Poschmann and Dunlop (2006). Its type specimen is PWL 2004/5024-LS, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Obereschenbach Quarry, Hunsrück, which is in an Emsian marine slate in the Kaub Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Flagellopantopus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Flagellopantopus blocki Poschmann and Dunlop p. 988 fig. 1
2020Flagellopantopus blocki Dunlop et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classPycnogonidaLatreille 1810
genusFlagellopantopus
speciesblocki

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.

†Flagellopantopus blocki Poschmann and Dunlop 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-15 04:21:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:22:33
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Emsian or 409.10000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Flagellopantopus blocki (type locality: 163371)