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Rossicurus lepidus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus lepidus was named by Hintze (1953) [Paratypes: 26180-82 (AMNH).]. Its type specimen is 26183 (AMNH), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Rossicurus.

It was recombined as Rossicurus lepidus by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hystricurus lepidus Hintze p. 166 figs. Pl. 7, figs. 12a, b, c
2003Rossicurus lepidus Adrain et al. p. 573

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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
subfamilyHintzecurinae
genusRossicurus
specieslepidus()

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.

Rossicurus lepidus Hintze 1953
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Hystricurus lepidus (104176) Rossicurus lepidus (106393)