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Anacheirurus bohemicus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cyrtometopus bohemicus was named by Ruzicka (1926). Its type specimen is NM L 18908 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parapilekia bohemicus by Prantl and Pribyl (1947) and Pribyl et al. (1985); it was recombined as Pilekia bohemicus by Vanek (1964); it was recombined as Anacheirurus bohemicus by Mergl (1995) and Perez-Peris et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Cyrtometopus bohemicus Ruzicka
1947Parapilekia bohemicus Prantl and Pribyl p. 24
1964Pilekia bohemicus Vanek p. 108
1985Parapilekia bohemicus Pribyl et al. p. 1985
1995Anacheirurus bohemicus Mergl p. 11
2021Anacheirurus bohemicus Perez-Peris et al. p. 859

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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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusAnacheirurusReed 1896
speciesbohemicus(Ruzicka 1926)

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.

Anacheirurus bohemicus Ruzicka 1926
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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: 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: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Anacheirurus bohemicus (192830)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic Anacheirurus bohemicus (229958)