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Millardicurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Millardicurus Adrain and Westrop p. 655

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusMillardicurus

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. †Millardicurus Adrain and Westrop 2006
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Millardicurus armatus Poulsen 1937
Millardicurus housensis Adrain and Westrop 2006
Millardicurus nudus Poulsen 1937
Millardicurus paramillardensis Adrain and Westrop 2006
Millardicurus ravni Poulsen 1927
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: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Hystricurus millardensis (215998)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) Hystricurus millardensis (219670 219671)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) Hystricurus millardensis (219672)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (New York) Hystricurus millardensis (85184)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Canada (Newfoundland) M. armatus (195692 195696 195702 195703 195704) M. sp. (195680 195739 195744)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Greenland Hystricurus armatus (122109)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) M. sp. (195689)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Hystricurus millardensis (104153 104161) M. housensis (106421) M. millardensis (106420) M. paramillardensis (106422)
Skullrockian - Tremadoc488.9 - 477.1USA (Oklahoma) Hystricurus millardensis (240369)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New Mexico) Hystricurus millardensis (203900)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Utah) Hystricurus millardensis (219669)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Greenland Hystricurus armatus (122086 122087) Hystricurus armatus, Hystricurus nudus (122085)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus millardensis (105854)