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Calipernurus

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Calipernurus was named by Whittington (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Calipernurus insolitus.

It was assigned to Apianurinae by Whittington (1956); to Odontopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. insolitus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Calipernurus Whittington p. 271
2002Calipernurus Jell and Adrain p. 353
2002Calipernurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyApianurinae
genusCalipernurus

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. †Calipernurus Whittington 1956
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Calipernurus insolitus Whittington 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Kralodvorian or 457.30000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) C. insolitus (73342)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. insolitus (73341)
Kralodvorian450.1 - 445.2Italy (Sardinia) C. immanis (192914)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Spain (Aragon) C. immanis (80725 80768)