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Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)224754https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=224754
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Rhyssometopidae : Rhyssometopus : Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRhyssometopidaeOepik 1967
genusRhyssometopusOepik 1967
subgenusRhyssometopus (Rostrifinis)Oepik 1967
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis)subgenusbelongs to Rhyssometopusstated with evidenceOepik, 1967
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance505 - 499 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance497 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Asaphida)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Asaphida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. Duan. 2004. New polymerid trilobites and the first record of Erixanium from Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43(1):63-71

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) nitidus
species
listed (PBDB)1497 Ma
Cambrian
497 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1967Rhyssometopus (Rostrifinis) Oepik

References

Duan Y. (2004) New polymerid trilobites and the first record of Erixanium from Upper Cambrian in western Hunan, China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 43 1, 63-71
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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