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Reedops maurulus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops (Reedops) maurulus was named by Alberti (1969). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trilobite Marl in the Rechoua Limestone, RT XI/2, Rabat-Tiflet Area, Morocco, which is in a Pragian marine limestone/marl in the Rechoua Limestone Formation of Morocco.

It was recombined as Reedops maurulus by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Phacops (Reedops) maurulus Alberti
2020Reedops maurulus Lemke p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusReedopsRichter and Richter 1925
speciesmaurulus(Alberti 1969)

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.

Reedops maurulus Alberti 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Phacops maurulus (type locality: 27040 27050 27056)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Reedops maurulus (234386)