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Hemiarges extremus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges extremus was named by Owen (1986). Its type specimen is HM A16153-4, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is H1, which is in a Hirnantian marine sandstone in the High Mains Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Hemiarges extremus Owen p. 236 figs. Fig. 2f-l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusHemiargesGürich 1901
speciesextremus

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.

Hemiarges extremus Owen 1986
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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:39:27
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:39:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Hemiarges extremus (type locality: 181875 181876)