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Galahetes

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Xystriduridae

Taxonomy
Galahetes was named by Öpik (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant. Its type is Galahetes fulcrosus.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Xystriduridae by Laurie (2006).

Species
G. fulcrosus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Galahetes Öpik
2002Galahetes Sepkoski
2006Galahetes Laurie p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyParadoxidoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyXystriduridae(Whitehouse)
genusGalahetesÖpik 1975

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. †Galahetes Öpik 1975
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Galahetes fulcrosus Öpik 1975
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedsubf
Created: 2009-12-19 07:54:13
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:29:57
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ordian or 511.20000 to 508.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (Northern Territory) G. fulcrosus (225236)