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Anaximander

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Anaximander was named by Fortey (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Anaximander clavatus.

It was assigned to Pelturinae by Fortey (1974); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. clavatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Anaximander Fortey
2002Anaximander Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyPelturinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusAnaximander

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. †Anaximander Fortey 1974
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Anaximander clavatus Fortey 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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ibexian or 487.50000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) A. clavatus (106471)