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Acidiphorus brighti

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Goniotelus brighti was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26474-5, 26477-9 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26476 (AMNH), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Goniotelina brighti by Whittington (1953); it was recombined as Acidiphorus brighti by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Goniotelus brighti Hintze p. 158 figs. Pl. 26, figs. 2a, b
1953Goniotelina brighti Whittington p. 666
1996Acidiphorus brighti Brett and Westrop p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusAcidiphorus
speciesbrighti()

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.

Acidiphorus brighti Hintze 1953
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:23:03
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:23:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Goniotelus brighti (63843 63846 63848 63926)