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Calliops annulatus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Dalmanites (Pterygometopus) annulatus was named by Raymond (1905). Its type specimen is Carnegie Mus. 1384 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Calliops annulatus by Cooper and Prouty (1943); it was recombined as Calyptaulax annulata by Shaw (1968), Shaw (1974), Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991), Shaw and Bolton (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Dalmanites (Pterygometopus) annulatus Raymond p. 376 figs. pl. 14, figs. 24, 25
1925Pterygometopus gracilens Raymond p. 162 figs. Plate 10, fig. 18
1943Calliops annulatus Cooper and Prouty pp. 829, 835, 867
1968Calyptaulax annulata Shaw p. 84
1974Calyptaulax annulata Shaw p. 40 figs. pl. 10, figs. 14, 15, 18–25; pl. 11, figs. 10, 13–21.
1991Calyptaulax annulata Ramsköld and Chatterton
2011Calyptaulax annulata Shaw and Bolton p. 436 figs. 14.22, 14.27, 14.28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
genusCalliopsDelo 1935
speciesannulatus(Raymond 1905)

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.

Calliops annulatus Raymond 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:44:24
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:44:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian - Ashbyan471.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Calliops annulatus (33530)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Calliops annulatus (33529)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Calliops annulatus (76336)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Calliops annulatus (33532 33938 33980 33981 33982 33983 33984)