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Isocolus

Artiopoda - Isocolidae

Taxonomy
Isocolus was named by Angelin (1854). Its type is Isocolus sjogreni.

It was assigned to Isocolidae by Warburg (1925), Whittington (1956), Whittington (1963); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
I. dysdercus, I. sjogreni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Isocolus Angelin
1925Isocolus Warburg
1956Isocolus Whittington
1963Isocolus Whittington p. 40
2002Isocolus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyIsocolidaeAngelin 1854
genusIsocolusAngelin 1854

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. †Isocolus Angelin 1854
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†Isocolus dysdercus Whittington 1963
†Isocolus sjogreni Angelin 1854
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: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-04 12:55:47
Modified: 2010-01-04 14:55:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Castlemainian to the top of the Hirnantian or 471.30000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Castlemainian - Yapeenian471.3 - 469.4Ireland I. n. sp. A (153922)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) I. dysdercus (104752)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) I. sjogreni (124939)
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) I. sjogreni (73413)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarna) I. sjogreni (158137)
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) I. sjogreni (73408)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) I. sjogreni (73407)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) I. sjogreni (73410)