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Genalaticurus genalatus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus genalatus was named by Ross (1951) [Paratypes: YPM 17928-17933]. Its type specimen is YPM 17926, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "B", which is in a Gasconadian shallow subtidal horizon in the Garden City Formation of Idaho.

It was recombined as Genalaticurus genalatus by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Hystricurus genalatus Ross p. 40 figs. Pl. 8, fig. 1, 2, 5
1970Hystricurus genalatus Ross p. 72 figs. Plate 10, figures 22-28
1974Hystricurus genulatus Corbett and Banks
2003Genalaticurus genalatus Adrain et al. p. 576

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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
genusGenalaticurus
speciesgenalatus()

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: base of the Lancefieldian to the top of the Stairsian or 484.30000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Genalaticurus genalatus (106394) Hystricurus genalatus (104152 104157 104158 104160 104162 104163 104164 104171 104172 104173 104174 104175 104176 104181 104183 104184 104185)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Idaho) Genalaticurus genalatus (106391)
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (104561)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Idaho) Hystricurus genalatus (103813 type locality: 103826 103827)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (104517)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian484.3 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) Hystricurus genulatus (211109)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Nevada) Hystricurus genalatus (278 104503)