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Avalanchurus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Avalanchurus was named by Edgecom and Chatte (1993) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l S Ludl-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1088]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Encrinuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Avalanchurus Edgecom and Chatte
2002Avalanchurus Jell and Adrain p. 346
2002Avalanchurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusAvalanchurusEdgecom and Chatte 1993

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. †Avalanchurus Edgecom and Chatte 1993
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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
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Gorstian or 432.90000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Northwest Territories) A. lennoni (25995) A. simoni (25976) A. sp. nov. A (25994)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Canada (Nunavut) A. simoni, A. garfunkeli (25977)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Canada (Northwest Territories) A. garfunkeli (25978 25979 25986 25987 25988) A. sp. nov. B (25990)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Canada (Northwest Territories) A. sp. 2 (25983)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Canada (Nunavut) A. sp. 2 (25982 25984 25985)