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Apianurus glaber

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Apianurus glaber was named by Whittington (1956) [Paratypes: USNM 124704a, b]. Its type specimen is USNM 124703, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 2. edge of quarry, just north of RR tracks ΒΌ mile west of Strasburg Junction, which is in an Ashbyan carbonate limestone in the Edinburg Formation of Virginia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Apianurus glaber Whittington p. 268 figs. Pl. 21, figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyApianurinae
genusApianurus
speciesglaber

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.

Apianurus glaber Whittington 1956
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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: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Apianurus glaber (73342)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Apianurus glaber (type locality: 73341 73345)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Apianurus glaber (73343)