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Hystricuridae

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hystricuridae Hupé
2002Hystricuridae Jell and Adrain p. 472
2011Hystricuridae Adrain p. 106
2013Hystricuridae Fortey and Bruton
2015Hystricuridae Lamsdell and Selden p. 377

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953

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.

Fm. †Hystricuridae Hupé 1953
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G. †Amblycranium Ross 1951
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†Amblycranium cornutum Ross 1951
†Amblycranium linearus Young 1973
†Amblycranium populus Ross 1951
G. †Etheridgaspis Kobayashi 1940
G. †Glabretina Lochmann 1965
G. †Guizhouhystricurus Yin 1978
Subfm. †Hillyardininae Adrain and Westrop 2007
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G. †Hillyardina Ross 1951
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†Hillyardina levis Boyce 1989
†Hillyardina tasmaniensis Jell and Stait 1985
G. †Hyperbolochilus Ross 1951
G. †Metabowmania Kobayashi 1955
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†Metabowmania braggi Adrain and Westrop 2007
†Metabowmania latilimbata Kobayashi 1955
†Metabowmania morgani Adrain and Westrop 2007
G. †Pachycranium Ross 1951
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G. †Tanybregma Jell and Stait 1985
Subfm. †Hintzecurinae Adrain et al. 2003
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G. †Genalaticurus Adrain et al. 2003
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G. †Hintzecurus Adrain et al. 2003
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G. †Ibexicurus Adrain et al. 2003
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†Ibexicurus parsonsi Adrain et al. 2003
G. †Politicurus Adrain et al. 2003
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†Politicurus politus Ross 1951
G. †Rossicurus Adrain et al. 2003
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†Rossicurus lepidus Hintze 1953
G. †Holubaspis Pribyl 1950
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†Holubaspis perneri Ruzicka 1926
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Invalid names: Holubaspis bohemica Kloucek 1931 [synonym]
Subfm. †Hystricurinae Hupe 1953
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G. †Flectihystricurus Adrain et al. 2003
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†Flectihystricurus wilsoni Gobbett 1960
G. †Lavadamia Adrain et al. 2003
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†Lavadamia joplinae Adrain et al. 2003
G. †Tersella Petrunina 1973
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†Tersella sainsburyi Ross 1965
G. †Hystricurus Raymond 1913
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†Hystricurus conicus Billings 1859
†Hystricurus deflectus Heller 1954
†Hystricurus elevatus Heller 1954
†Hystricurus robustus Ross 1951
†Hystricurus sulcatus Poulsen 1937
†Hystricurus zanderi Adrain et al. 2014
Invalid names: Vermilionites Kobayashi 1955 [synonym]
G. †Litzicurus Adrain et al. 2009
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†Litzicurus orbus Ross 1953
†Litzicurus shawi Adrain et al. 2009
G. †Millardicurus Adrain and Westrop 2006
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†Millardicurus armatus Poulsen 1937
†Millardicurus housensis Adrain and Westrop 2006
†Millardicurus nudus Poulsen 1937
†Millardicurus paramillardensis Adrain and Westrop 2006
†Millardicurus ravni Poulsen 1927
G. †Nyaya Rozova 1963
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†Nyaya grata Rozova 1968
†Nyaya nyaensis Rozova 1963
G. †Omuliovia Chugaeva 1962
G. †Paenebeltella Ross 1951
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G. †Paraplethopeltis Bridge and Cloud 1947
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†Paraplethopeltis cordai Billings 1859
†Paraplethopeltis helli Adrain et al. 2014
†Paraplethopeltis minuta Heller 1954
G. †Psalikilus Ross 1951
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†Psalikilus hestoni Adrain et al. 2009
†Psalikilus paraspinosum Hintze 1953
†Psalikilus pikum Hintze 1953
†Psalikilus spinosum Hintze 1953
†Psalikilus typicum Ross 1951
G. †Rollia Cullison 1944
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†Rollia goodwini Cullison 1944
G. †Svalbardicurus Fortey and Bruton 2013
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†Svalbardicurus delicatus Fortey and Bruton 2013
G. †Taoyuania Liu 1977
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Invalid names: Batyraspis Apollonov and Tschugaeva 1983 [synonym]
G. †Tasmanaspis Kobayashi 1940
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†Tasmanaspis lewisi Kobayashi 1940
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Invalid names: Tasmanaspis longus Kobayashi 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Arenig or 486.50000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (322 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Texas) Hystricurus millardensis (215998)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Utah) Hystricurus n. sp. 1, Hystricurus n. sp. 2, Hystricurus millardensis (219670) Hystricurus politus, Hystricurus millardensis (219671)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Hystricurus sp. (205624)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Taoyuania nobilis (126682 126683 126731)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (New York) Hystricurus millardensis (85184) Hystricurus sp. (87524)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) Hintzecurus paragenalatus, Rossicurus sp. 3, Genalaticurus genalatus, Politicurus politus (106394) Hintzecurus sp. 2, Rossicurus lepidus, Genalaticurus sp. 1 (106393) Hystricurus genalatus (104157 104162 104163 104164 104171 104172 104181 104183) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus lepidus, Politicurus sp. (104176) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus (104173 104174) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (104158 104160 104175 104184 104185) Hystricurus genalatus, Paraplethopeltis genacurvus, Paraplethopeltis genarectus (104152) Hystricurus millardensis (104153 104161) Hystricurus politus (104159 104182 105776) Hystricurus sp. (104168 104169 104170) Hystricurus sp. 1, Rossicurus sp. 1 (106392) Ibexicurus parsonsi (106395) Millardicurus housensis (106421) Millardicurus millardensis (106420) Millardicurus paramillardensis (106422) Paraplethopeltis genacurvus, Paraplethopeltis genarectus (104165 104177 104178) Rossicurus sp. 2 (106396) Rossicurus sp. 3, Lavadamia joplinae (106397)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Texas) Hystricurus millardensis (219672)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Millardicurus sp. (195689)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Greenland Hystricurus armatus (122109)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Canada (Newfoundland) Millardicurus armatus (195692 195696 195702 195703 195704) Millardicurus sp. (195680 195739 195744)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Idaho) Hintzecurus paragenalatus, Genalaticurus genalatus, Politicurus politus (106391) Rossicurus sp. 4 (106388)
Skullrockian - Tulean487.5 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus pseudoculilunatus, Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae (195780)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Hystricuridae indet. (104536) Hystricurus genalatus (104561) Hystricurus oculilunatus (104559) Hystricurus sp. (104560) Psalikilus pikum (104563)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus oculilunatus (106193)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Heibei Provence) Hystricurus penchiensis (157257 157282) Omuliovia granosa (157258 157261)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiLin) Hystricurus sp. (21145)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Holubaspis perneri (76571) Holubaspis sp. (20829) Parahystricurus monspelliensis (20833 76568)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Nyaya sp. (9288) Tersella sp. (9275 9278 9285)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) Hystricurus sp. (7958 7964 7969 7985) Paraplethopeltis sp. (7977)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Holubaspis perneri (3837 192830 223845) Holubaspis sp. (3782)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Montana) Hystricurus sp. (275)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Utah) Hystricurus sp. (276)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus sp. (78091)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Jilin Provence) Omuliovia granosa (157250)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Hystricurus sp. (6971)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus sp.A (10987) Hyperbolochilus expansus (10994) Hyperbolochilus expansus, Metabowmania sp., Paenebeltella convexa, Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (10986) Hyperbolochilus sp., Hystricurus sp. (10960) Hystricurus oculinatus, Paenebeltella vultulata (10999) Hystricurus sp. (10988 10993 11005) Hystricurus sp. B, Paenebeltella vultulata (10990) Hystricurus sp.A (10995) Metabowmania sp., Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus sp. (10962) Paenebeltella vultulata (10961)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Hystricurus sp. (203936) Nyaya sp. (186011)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hillyardina levis (56149 106214) Hillyardina levis, Hystricurus deflectus (106206) Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae (106218 106222 106223) Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae, Hystricurus deflectus (106205 106208 106211 106217 106220 106221) Hillyardina minuspustulata (106194 106198) Hystricurus oculilunatus (106203) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae (106215) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae, Hystricurus deflectus (106209) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hillyardina minuspustulata (106199 106201) Parahystricurus smithiae, Hystricurus deflectus (106219)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) Hystricurus sp. (69036 69041)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Alberta) Hyperbolochilus expansus, Paenebeltella convexa, Hystricurus platypleurus, Parahystricurus sp., Metabowmania latilimbata (50166)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland) Hyperbolochilus sp., Hystricurus sp., Parahystricurus sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (196501) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae (195755) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hillyardina levis, Parahystricurus smithiae, Hystricurus deflectus (195754) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Parahystricurus smithiae (195753)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Montana) Glabretina andrewsi (69026 69028)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) Pachycranium sp. (103905)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) Paraplethopeltis carinfera (427)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6USA (Missouri) Hystricurus sp. (50203 50206 50207) Hystricurus sp., Hystricurus elevatus, Paraplethopeltis minuta (50204)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Vermont) Bathyurus conicus (56488)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Utah) Amblycranium sp. (104095 105778) Amblycranium variabile, Hystricurus robusta (104094) Hillyardina sp. A, Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus contractus, Parahystricurus fraudator, Hillyardina semicylindrica, Parahystricurus bispicatus (104110) Hyperbolochilus sp., Hystricurus sp. (104106) Hyperbolochilus sp., Parahystricurus sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (104137) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Metabowmania morgani (106399) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Pachycranium faciclunis (104252) Hystricurus sp. (103919 104066) Hystricurus sp. B, Metabowmania braggi (106398) Hystricurus sp. C (104109) Parahystricurus fraudator, Amblycranium cornutum, Hyperbolochilus marginauctum (104144) Parahystricurus sp. (104150)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) Hystricurus crassilimbatus (119477) Hystricurus sp. (414)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (278) Hystricuridae indet. (104511) Hystricurus genalatus (104503)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6Canada (Newfoundland) Hyperbolochilus sp., Hystricurus sp., Hystricurus cordai, Pachycranium sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (196438)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) Amblycranium sp., Hystricurus sp. B, Hystricurus robustus, Parahystricurus carinatus, Amblycranium variabile, Amblycranium populus, Paenebeltella vultulata (103809) Amblycranium variabile, Paenebeltella vultulata (103825) Hyperbolochilus marginiactum, Hyperbolochilus sp., Metabowmania limbata, Hystricurus sp., Pachycranium faciclunus, Parahystricurus sp., Parahystricurus cornutus, Parahystricurus pustulosus, Hillyardina semicylindrica, Flectihystricurus flectimembrus (228261 228262) Hyperbolochilus marginiactum, Hystricurus sp., Pachycranium faciclunus, Parahystricurus sp., Parahystricurus cornutus, Parahystricurus pustulosus, Hillyardina semicylindrica, Flectihystricurus flectimembrus, Metabowmania latilimbata (106389) Hyperbolochilus sp., Parahystricurus sp., Hystricuridae indet., Flectihystricurus acumennasus, Metabowmania morgani (228263 228264) Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hystricurus contractus, Hystricurus flectimembrus, Hystricurus acumennasus, Parahystricurus fraudator, Parahystricurus oculirotundus, Parahystricurus pustulosus, Amblycranium cornutum, Hillyardina semicylindrica, Pachycranium faciclunis, Hyperbolochilus marginauctum (103822) Hystricurus robustus, Paenebeltella vultulata (103823) Hystricurus robustus, Parahystricurus carinatus, Amblycranium variabile, Amblycranium populus, Paenebeltella vultulata (103824) Hystricurus sp. A (106387 106390)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Missouri) Hystricurus deflectus (114591)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6Norway (Spitsbergen) Hystricurus sp., Svalbardicurus delicatus (189833)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) Hystricurus conicus (289)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Texas) Parahystricurus sp. (282 78729 78730) Paraplethopeltis sp. (271)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Idaho) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus (103826) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (103813) Hystricurus sp. D (103814) Hystricurus sp. G, Hystricurus sp. H, Parahystricurus sp. B, Parahystricurus sp. A, Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus, Hystricurus sp. F (103827)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (New Mexico) Hystricurus millardensis (203900)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Utah) Hystricurus sp. E (103920)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (California) Hystricurus sp. (104643)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) Parahystricurus sp. (195752) Paraplethopeltis sp., Parahystricurus carinatus (196500)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (104517) Hystricurus sp. (104650) Hystricurus sp., Hystricuridae indet. (104510) Paenebeltella sp., Hystricurus politus (104516) Parahystricurus sp. (104648)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (New York) Hystricurus sp. (273)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Montana) Hystricurus sp. undet. (210717 210719)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7South Korea Hystricurus sp. (215847 215848 215850 215851)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Utah) Hystricurus n. sp. 1, Hystricurus n. sp. 2, Hystricurus millardensis (219669)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Nyaya nyaensis (131107 131139 131349 131362 131414) Nyaya nyaensis, Nyaya grata (131138) Nyaya sp. (131140)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus millardensis (105854)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Nyaya sp., Hystricurus sp. (205623)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Virginia) Hystricurus sp. (7105)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Greenland Hystricurus armatus (122086 122087) Hystricurus armatus, Hystricurus nudus, Hystricurus sulcatus (122085) Hystricurus sp. (122084)
Demingian - Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus oculilunatus (196498 196499)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (100357 100358 101846)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) Hystricurus sp. (283)
Gasconadian - Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Pachycranium sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (195771)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus crassilimbatus (106229)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) Rollia goodwini (106582 106588)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus sp. (195774)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Rollia goodwini (56503)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus oculilunatus (195768) Hystricurus sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (195767)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Maryland) Hystricurus sp. (285) Hystricurus sp., Psalikilus sp. (274)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3China (Heibei Provence) Omuliovia sp. (157272) Omuliovia ulrichi (157259 157262 157263 157274)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus lewisi (165773) Hystricurus robustus, Hystricurus lewisi (165772) Nyaya sp., Hystricurus sp., Parahystricurus sp., Tasmanaspis sp. (2671) Tanybregma tasmaniensis, Hystricurus penchiensis (165771)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) H. gen. et sp. nov., Parahystricurus fraudator (165725)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus paragenulatus (211106) Parahystricurus sp., Tasmanaspis lewisi, Hystricurus genulatus, Hystricurus paragenulatus (211109)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Hystricurus conicus (50065) Hystricurus deflectus (50062)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Nevada) Hillyardina sp. (104519)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Utah) Hillyardina sp. (104077) Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus sp. (104075) Hillyardina sp., Hystricurus sp., Hystricurus oculilunatus (104076) Hystricurus sp. (104074) Hystricurus sp., Psalikilus paraspinosum (104135) Parahystricurus sp. (104078) Parahystricurus sp., Psalikilus sp. (104072) Psalikilus paraspinosum (104096 104103 104108 104134 228303) Psalikilus sp. (104097 104145) Psalikilus sp. 2 (228284) Psalikilus sp. 7 (228309) Psalikilus spinosum (104070 104086 104113) Psalikilus typicum (104081 104092 104099 104100 104101 104148)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Hillyardina sp., Parahystricurus sp., Hystricurus crassilimbatus (195769)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Montana) Hystricurus sp. A, Psalikilus paraspinosum (174361) Hystricurus sp., Psalikilus sp. (287)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) Hystricurus sp. (103806) Parahystricurus sp. (105094) Psalikilus hestoni (228268) Psalikilus sp. 3 (228285 228298) Psalikilus sp. A (228300) Psalikilus sp., Hystricuridae indet., Litzicurus shawi (228266 228267) Psalikilus typicum (103799 103800 103803 103816 103819 103820 228299) Pseudohystricurus orbus (105090)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus sp. (196503)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus sp. (196380)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Paenebeltella sp. (9272)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Hystricurus crassilimbatus (122081 122082 122088)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (AnHui) Hystricurus sp. (7842)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina Hillyardina sp. (8719)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Nevada) Psalikilus sp. (60037)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (North Dakota) Psalikilus sp. (413 429)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Montana) Hystricurus sp. (286)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Psalikilus sp. (78093)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Nyaya sp. nov., Hystricurus sp. nov. (210901)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Hystricurus lewisi (157151 157153 157154) Hystricurus sp. (157178 157181)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Psalikilus pikum (104551) Psalikilus sp. (104556 104651)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Amblycranium sp. 2, Amblycranium linearus (69261) Psalikilus likum (104121) Psalikilus paraspinosum (104116)
Chewtonian473.1 - 470.0Australia (Tasmania) Etheridgaspis carolinensis, Etheridgaspis johnstoni (79013)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Hystricurus sp. (20825)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Psalikilus sp. (104450)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (101853)