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Ceratarges armatus

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Arges armatus was named by Goldfuss (1839). It is the type species of Lichas (Ceratarges).

It was recombined as Lichas (Ceratarges) armatus by Gürich (1901); it was recombined as Ceratarges armatus by Basse (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Arges armatus Goldfuss
1901Lichas (Ceratarges) armatus Gürich
1998Ceratarges armatus Basse p. 69

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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
genusCeratarges()
speciesarmatus(Goldfuss 1839)

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.

Ceratarges armatus Goldfuss 1839
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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: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium Ceratarges armatus (223279)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Ceratarges armatus (229643 232878)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Ceratarges armatus (188939)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Ceratarges armatus (188766)