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Pseudosphaerexochus (Nieszkowskia) satyrus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus satyrus was named by Billings (1865) [Cheirurus Satyrus].

It was recombined as Pseudosphaerexochus (Nieszkowskia) satyrus by Raymond (1905); it was recombined as Pseudosphaerexochus satyrus by Raymond (1906); it was recombined as Nieszkowskia satyrus by Shaw (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cheirurus satyrus Billings p. 324 fig. 309
1905Pseudosphaerexochus (Nieszkowskia) satyrus Raymond p. 371
1906Pseudosphaerexochus satyrus Raymond
1968Nieszkowskia satyrus Shaw

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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
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyAcanthoparyphinae
genusPseudosphaerexochusSchmidt 1881
subgenusNieszkowskia
speciessatyrus()

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
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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-11 05:49:41
Modified: 2010-01-11 07:49:41
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Pseudosphaerexochus satyrus (172320)