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Anacheirurus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Anacheirurus was named by Reed (1896) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pilekiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Pilekiinae by Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Anacheirurus Reed
2002Anacheirurus Jell and Adrain p. 341
2002Anacheirurus Sepkoski
2021Anacheirurus Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusAnacheirurusReed 1896

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. †Anacheirurus Reed 1896
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†Anacheirurus adserai Vela and Corbacho 2007
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Invalid names: Lehua colli Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua corbachoi Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua iannacconnei Corbacho 2008 [synonym], Lehua ponti Vela 2007 [synonym], Lehua tahirii Corbacho 2008 [synonym], Lehua velai Corbacho 2008 [synonym]
†Anacheirurus bohemicus Ruzicka 1926
†Anacheirurus frederici Salter 1864
†Anacheirurus nanus Mergl 1984
†Anacheirurus plutonis Bulman and Rushton 1973
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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Cressagian or 485.40000 to 482.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (3712)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic A. bohemicus (192830) A. nanus (223845)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Morocco A. adserai (229964)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic A. bohemicus (229958)