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Echidnops taphomimus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)370718https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=370718
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Phacopidae : Echidnops : Echidnops taphomimus
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
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusEchidnopsSandford 2002
speciesEchidnops taphomimusRustan and Balseiro 2016
Common Nametrilobite
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Echidnops taphomimusspeciesbelongs to Echidnopsstated with evidenceRustan and Balseiro, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Phacopidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phacopina)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Rustan and D. Balseiro. 2016. The phacopid trilobite Echidnops taphomimus n. sp. from the Lower Devonian of Argentina: insights into infaunal molting, eye architecture and geographic distribution. Journal of Paleontology 90(6):1100-1111

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2016Echidnops taphomimus Rustan and Balseiro p. 1101 figs. 2.1-2.13, 3.1-3.10, 4.1-4.13, 5.1-5.9

References

Rustan J. J., Balseiro D. (2016) The phacopid trilobite Echidnops taphomimus n. sp. from the Lower Devonian of Argentina: insights into infaunal molting, eye architecture and geographic distribution, Journal of Paleontology 90 6, 1100-1111
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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