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Hemiarges turneri

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges turneri was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1976). Its type specimen is GSC 43450, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Hemiarges turneri Chatterton and Ludvigsen p. 85 figs. Pl. 19, figs. 6, 12, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusHemiargesGürich 1901
speciesturneri

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.

Hemiarges turneri Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
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Hemiarges turneri amiculus Rudkin et al. 1994
Hemiarges turneri elassouothos Rudkin et al. 1994
Hemiarges turneri turneri Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
Hemiarges turneri rasettii Tripp and Evitt 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:39:27
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:39:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Whiterockian or 458.20000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Hemiarges turneri (24621 25932 25933 25934 25935 26057)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Amphilichas minganensis (103002)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Hemiarges turneri (102271)