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Richterarges ormistoni

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges ormistoni was named by Whittington (1961). Its type specimen is MCZ 5624, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 19, which is in a Ludlow marine horizon in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Richterarges ormistoni by Adrain (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hemiarges ormistoni Whittington
1994Richterarges ormistoni Adrain p. 1084

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusRichterargesPhleger 1936
speciesormistoni()

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.

Richterarges ormistoni Whittington 1961
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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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ludlow or 427.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Hemiarges ormistoni (type locality: 188901)