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Richterarges rolfei

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges rolfei was named by Lamont (1965). Its type specimen is BU 1896, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Richterarges rolfei by Thomas and Holloway (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Hemiarges rolfei Lamont figs. pl. 5, fig. 1
1988Richterarges rolfei Thomas and Holloway p. 236

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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
speciesrolfei(Lamont 1965)

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 rolfei Lamont 1965
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wenlock or 438.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Richterarges rolfei (23089)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Hemiarges rolfei (23306 170692 170695 188542 188545)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Hemiarges rolfei (170696 188540)