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Cybelurus halo

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Cybelurus halo was named by Fortey (1980). Its type specimen is PMO NF 1278, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cybelurus halo Fortey p. 95 figs. Pl. 22, figs. 1, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusCybelurusLevitsky 1962
specieshalo

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.

Cybelurus halo Fortey 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the to the top of the Whiterockian or 470.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Cybelurus halo (104653 104654)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Cybelurus halo (106480)