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Sphaerexochus hisingeri

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Calymene clavifrons Hisinger
1925Sphaerexochus hisingeri Warburg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilySphaerexochinaeOpik 1937
genusSphaerexochusBeyrich 1845
specieshisingeri

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.

Sphaerexochus hisingeri Warburg 1925
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Invalid names: Calymene clavifrons Hisinger 1840 [synonym]
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:26:29
Modified: 2010-01-10 03:55:17
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Keila to the top of the Sandbian or 453.90000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Kazakhstan Sphaerexochus hisingeri (80177 80180)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) Sphaerexochus hisingeri (73411 73855 161744)