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Rossicurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Rossicurus was named by Adrain et al. (2003). Its type is Hystricurus lepidus.

It was assigned to Hintzecurinae by Adrain et al. (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Rossicurus Adrain et al. p. 570

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
subfamilyHintzecurinae
genusRossicurus

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. †Rossicurus Adrain et al. 2003
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Rossicurus lepidus Hintze 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 487.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) Hystricurus lepidus (104176) R. lepidus (106393) R. sp. 1 (106392) R. sp. 2 (106396) R. sp. 3 (106394 106397)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Idaho) R. sp. 4 (106388)