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Flectihystricurus acumennasus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus acumennasus was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 17981, 17982]. Its type specimen is YPM 17980, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "F", which is in a Stairsian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Flectihystricurus acumennasus by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Hystricurus acumennasus Ross p. 50 figs. Pl. 11, figs. 6, 7, 11
2003Flectihystricurus acumennasus Adrain et al. p. 564

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
subfamilyHystricurinaeHupe 1953
genusFlectihystricurus
speciesacumennasus()

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.

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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Stairsian or 483.40000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Idaho) Flectihystricurus acumennasus (228263 228264) Hystricurus acumennasus (type locality: 103822)