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Hungioides acutinasus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Hungaiidae

Taxonomy
Hungioides acutinasus was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984). Its type specimen is CPC 22714, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Locality 126/3, which is in an Arenig shallow subtidal sandstone/siltstone in the Nora Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Hungioides acutinasus Fortey and Shergold p. 345 figs. Pl. 44, Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyHungaiidaeRaymond 1924
genusHungioidesKobayashi 1936
speciesacutinasus

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.

Hungioides acutinasus Fortey and Shergold 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 09:43:20
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:43:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Arenig or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Northern Territory) Hungioides acutinasus (157055 157077)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Australia (Queensland) Hungioides acutinasus (157053 157058 type locality: 157061 157062 157063 157065 157073)