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Ectenonotus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ectenonotus was named by Raymond (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795].

It was assigned to Cybelidae by Holliday (1942); to Cybelopsinae by Fortey (1979); to Pliomeridae by Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Ectenonotus Raymond
1942Ectenonotus Holliday pp. 475 - 476
1979Ectenonotus Fortey p. 106
1999Ectenonotus Fortey and Droser p. 195
2002Ectenonotus Jell and Adrain p. 369
2002Ectenonotus 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
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyCybelopsinae
genusEctenonotus

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. †Ectenonotus Raymond 1920
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†Ectenonotus marginatus Holliday 1942
†Ectenonotus progenitor Fortey and Droser 1996
†Ectenonotus raymondi Holliday 1942
†Ectenonotus westoni Billings 1865
†Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Fennian to the top of the Whiterockian or 470.70000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) E. connemaricus (75589)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina E. sp. (8721)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0USA (Nevada) E. sp. (80076)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) E. sp. (104426 104430 104448 104452 104565) E. sp., E. westoni (104289) E. whittingtoni (297 37491 80067 80068 104453 104652 104653)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (California) E. westoni (104638)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Utah) E. progenitor (37452 37454 37466 37467) E. whittingtoni (37457 37458 37461 37462 37464)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (California) E. whittingtoni (104639)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (California) E. sp. (226919)
Rangerian - Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) E. sp. (104640)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) E. connemaricus (106480)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) E. sp. (104752) E. westoni (104863 104876 104883 104884 104885)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) E. sp. (102232 102262)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) E. sp. (80062 80063 80069 80078 104451) E. whittingtoni (37481 37482 80065 80073)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (California) E. raymondi (119485 119487)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (Nevada) E. sp. (296 226922 226924)
Gisbornian - Eastonian458.4 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) E. sp. (2685)