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Brachyhipposiderus logimus

Artiopoda - Harpetida - Harpetidae

Taxonomy
Brachyhipposiderus logimus was named by Jell (1985). Its type specimen is NMVP74419 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL184. Digger Island. Waratah Bay, which is in a Lancefieldian marine mudstone in the Digger Island Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Brachyhipposiderus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Brachyhipposiderus logimus Jell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderHarpetida(Whittington 1959)
familyHarpetidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusBrachyhipposiderus
specieslogimus

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.

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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2010-02-08 06:44:20
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:28:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Lancefieldian or 484.30000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Iran Brachyhipposiderus logimus (66868)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Australia (Victoria) Brachyhipposiderus logimus (type locality: 165725)