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Celtencrinurus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Celtencrinurus was named by Evitt and Tripp (1977). Its type is Calymene multisegmentatus.

It was reranked as Erratencrinurus (Celtencrinurus) by Owen (1981) and Owen and Heath (1989).

It was assigned to Erratencrinurus by Owen (1981) and Owen and Heath (1989); to Encrinuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Celtencrinurus Evitt and Tripp
1981Erratencrinurus (Celtencrinurus) Owen
1989Erratencrinurus (Celtencrinurus) Owen and Heath
2002Celtencrinurus Jell and Adrain p. 355
2002Celtencrinurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCeltencrinurus

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. †Celtencrinurus Evitt and Tripp 1977
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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 Cheneyan to the top of the Hirnantian or 452.50000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Encrinurus praecursor (188938)
Cheneyan452.5 - 451.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Encrinurus praecursor (164953 169254)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) C. laurentinus (184383)