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Hemiarges turneri turneri

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges turneri turneri was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1976) [Essentially created by Tripp and Evitt 1981 when they designated some material assigned to this genus to a specific subspecies (H. turnerni rasettii)]. Its type specimen is GSC 43450, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type subspecies of Hemiarges turneri.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Hemiarges turneri turneri Chatterton and Ludvigsen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusHemiargesGürich 1901
speciesturneri
subspeciesturneriChatterton and Ludvigsen 1976

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 turneri turneri Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
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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: Harrington et al. 1959, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available