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Hypodicranotus striatulus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Remopleurides striatulus was named by Walcott (1875) [Lectotype selected by Raymond 1925]. Its type specimen is MCZ 1616 (lectotype), an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hypodicranotus striatulus by Whittington (1952).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Remopleurides striatulus Walcott
1920Hypodicranotus missouriensis Foerste
1925Remopleurides striatulus Raymond pp. 57 - 58 figs. Plate 3, fig. 4, 5
1952Hypodicranotus striatulus Whittington

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHypodicranotusWhittington 1952
speciesstriatulus(Walcott 1875)

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.

†Hypodicranotus striatulus Walcott 1875
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Invalid names: Hypodicranotus missouriensis Foerste 1920 [synonym]
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Edenian or 470.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Hypodicranotus striatulus (181523)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Hypodicranotus striatulus (25178 25179)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Hypodicranotus striatulus (181522)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Hypodicranotus striatulus (24636 192139)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) Hypodicranotus striatulus (163832 163862 163863 163865)