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Paciphacops altaicus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Phacops altaicus was named by Tschernyschev (1893).

It was recombined as Paciphacops altaicus by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Phacops altaicus Tschernyschev
2020Paciphacops altaicus Lemke p. 18

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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
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPaciphacopsMaksimova 1971
speciesaltaicus(Tschernyschev 1893)

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.

Paciphacops altaicus Tschernyschev 1893
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 409.10000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5China (Heilongjiang) Phacops altaicus (25844 25845)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Mongolia Phacops altaicus (79716)