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Valdariops

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4667140https://www.gbif.org/species/4667140
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)322723https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=322723
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Valdariops
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyChasmopinaePillet 1954
genusValdariopsRoomusoks 2000
Scientific NameValdariops Roomusoks, 2000
Name Published InProc Est Acad Sci Geol 49 (1), March
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Valdariopsgenusbelongs to Chasmopinaestated with evidenceRõõmusoks, 2000
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance456 - 452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance445 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Pterygometopidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phacopina)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Rõõmusoks. 2000. The new trilobite genus Valdariops from the Harju Series (Upper Ordovician) of Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 49:28-42

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Valdariops aliquantulus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Valdariops angustus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Valdariops eichwaldi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
6452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Valdariops kernuensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2000Valdariops Rõõmusoks p. 30

References

Rõõmusoks A. (2000) The new trilobite genus Valdariops from the Harju Series (Upper Ordovician) of Estonia, Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 49, 28-42
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc Est Acad Sci Geol 49 (1), March - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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