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Dicranurus

Artiopoda - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Dicranurus was named by Conrad (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 381,421,1106].

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

Species
D. monstrosus, D. oviformis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. elegantus, D. hamatus, D. nesiotes
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Dicranurus Conrad
1956Dicranurus Whittington p. 517
2002Dicranurus Jell and Adrain p. 366
2002Dicranurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
genusDicranurusConrad 1841

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. †Dicranurus Conrad 1841
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†Dicranurus monstrosus Alberti 1969
†Dicranurus oviformis Lu and Chang 1974
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 Llandeilo to the top of the Pragian or 461.10000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Guizhou) D. oviformis (188425)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Tasmania) D. nesiotes (40017)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) D. hamatus (26826)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) D. elegantus (3103 3104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (69324 69325)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia D. monstrosus (10378 12102 12103 12104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) D. sp. (647)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) D. monstrosus (12083)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) D. monstrosus (136452)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Srbsko) D. monstrosus (235198)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Praha) D. monstrosus (235199)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco D. monstrosus (27037 27040 27042 27060)
Pragian - Middle Devonian413.02 - 382.31Czechia D. monstrosus (10344 10372 10379)