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Erratencrinurus neuter

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinuroides neuter was named by Evitt and Tripp (1977). Its type specimen is USNM 217564, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 10, Greenmount Church area, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate shale in the Martinsburg Formation of Virginia.

It was recombined as Prophysemataspis neuter by Edgecombe et al. (1998); it was recombined as Erratencrinurus neuter by Moss and Westrop (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Encrinuroides neuter Evitt and Tripp
1990Encrinuroides neuter Edgecombe and Chatterton pp. 823, Table 1
1998Prophysemataspis neuter Edgecombe et al. pp. 689, Table 1
2014Erratencrinurus neuter Moss and Westrop pp. 1113, table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusErratencrinurusKrueger 1971
speciesneuter()

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.

Erratencrinurus neuter 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) Encrinuroides neuter (105205)