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Alwynulus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Alwynulus was named by Tripp (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cybelinae by Evitt and Tripp (1977); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Encrinuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Alwynulus Tripp
1977Alwynulus Evitt and Tripp p. 142
2002Alwynulus Jell and Adrain p. 471
2002Alwynulus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusAlwynulusTripp 1967

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.

G. †Alwynulus Tripp 1967
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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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Aurelucian or 461.10000 to 456.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) A. peregrinus (182194 182196)