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Toxochasmops

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4633513https://www.gbif.org/species/4633513
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21800https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21800
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pterygometopidae : Toxochasmops
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
genusToxochasmopsMcNamara 1979
Scientific NameToxochasmops McNamara, 1979
Name Published InPalaeontology 22 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Toxochasmopsgenusbelongs to Chasmopinaestated with evidenceLudvigsen and Chatterton, 1982
Toxochasmopsgenusbelongs to Phacopidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Toxochasmopsgenusbelongs to Pterygometopidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)14
First Recorded Appearance461 - 456 Ma
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)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Toxochasmops (Schmidtops)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)38461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Toxochasmops (Toxochasmops)
subgenus
listed (PBDB)57461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Toxochasmops estonicus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops extensus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops granuliferus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops inge
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops notabilis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops proavus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops vironiensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops vormsiensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Toxochasmops wesenbergensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1979Toxochasmops McNamara
1982Toxochasmops Ludvigsen and Chatterton p. 2204
1982Toxochasmops Owen and Harper
1998Toxochasmops Rõõmusoks
2002Toxochasmops Jell and Adrain p. 454
2002Toxochasmops Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Ludvigsen R., Chatterton B. D. E. (1982) Ordovician Pterygometopidae (Trilobita) of North America, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 19, 2179-2206
Owen A. W., Harper D. A. T. (1982) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 31. The upper Caradoc trilobites and brachiopods from Vestbraten, Ringerike, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 95-120
Roomusoks A. (1998) Trilobites of the Genus Toxochasmops from the Ordovician of Estonia, Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 47 3, 173-194
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
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
Palaeontology 22 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - 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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