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Radiurus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Radiurus was named by Ramskold (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-l S Ludl-l]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Radiurus Ramskold
2002Radiurus Jell and Adrain p. 437
2002Radiurus 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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRadiurusRamskold 1983

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. †Radiurus Ramskold 1983
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Radiurus adraini Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
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-developedg
Created: 2010-02-24 05:01:41
Modified: 2010-02-24 07:01:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Homerian or 438.60000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) R. avalanchensis (26031 26037 26038 26039)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) R. adraini (184641 186053 187769)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) R. avalanchensis (26033 26044)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) R. phlogoideus (13536)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) R. sp. indet. (13559)