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Hintzecurus paragenalatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus paragenalatus was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 17935-17840]. Its type specimen is YPM 17934, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 7, Franklin Basin, Zone "B", which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Hintzecurus.

It was recombined as Hintzecurus paragenalatus by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Hystricurus paragenalatus Ross p. 42 figs. Pl. 8, figs. 14, 17, 18
2003Hintzecurus paragenalatus Adrain et al. p. 568

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
subfamilyHintzecurinae
genusHintzecurus
speciesparagenalatus()

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

Age range: base of the Gasconadian to the top of the Skullrockian or 485.40000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Idaho) Hintzecurus paragenalatus (106391)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) Hintzecurus paragenalatus (106394) Hystricurus paragenalatus (104173 104174)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Idaho) Hystricurus paragenalatus (103826 type locality: 103827)