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Genalaticurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Genalaticurus Adrain et al. p. 567

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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
genusGenalaticurus

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.

G. †Genalaticurus Adrain et al. 2003
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Skullrockian or 484.30000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) G. genalatus (106394) G. sp. 1 (106393) Hystricurus genalatus (104152 104157 104158 104160 104162 104163 104164 104171 104172 104173 104174 104175 104176 104181 104183 104184 104185)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Idaho) G. genalatus (106391)
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (104561)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (278 104503)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (104517)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Idaho) Hystricurus genalatus (103813 103826 103827)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus genulatus (211109)