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Phacops (Nephranops)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Nephranops was named by Richter (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 393,421]. It is not extant. Its type is Phacops (Trimerocephalus) incisus.

It was reranked as Phacops (Nephranops) by Richter and Richter (1926).

It was assigned to Phacops by Richter and Richter (1926); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phacopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Subtaxa
Nephranops (Maternia), Nephranops (Nephranops), Nephranops dillanus
Sister taxa
Nephranops (Maternia), Nephranops (Nephranops)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Nephranops Richter
1926Phacops (Nephranops) Richter and Richter p. 149
2002Nephranops Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Nephranops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusPhacopsEmmrich 1839
subgenusNephranops(Richter 1926)

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.

Subg. †Phacops (Nephranops) Richter 1926
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Subg. †Nephranops (Maternia) Feist 2019
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†Nephranops (Maternia) dillanus Richter and Richter 1926
Subg. †Nephranops (Nephranops) Richter and Richter 1926
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Invalid names: Perliproetus muensteri Richter 1869 [synonym]
†Nephranops dillanus Richter and Richter 1926
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
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2010-01-27 01:06:32
Modified: 2010-01-27 03:06:32
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 372.20000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Morocco Nephranops incisus (223517)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6France (Alsace) Nephranops angerae (223518)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6France (Montagne Noire) Nephranops occitanicus (223521 223522 223523)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany Nephranops dillanus (223519 223520) Nephranops incisus (223514 223515 223516)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9France (Alsace) Nephranops dillanus (38676)