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Eleutherocentrus petersoni

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Eleutherocentrus petersoni was named by Clark (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H. Slopes of hillock, Hill near Mount Pisgah, which is in a Whiterockian marine shale in the Swan Peak Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Eleutherocentrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Eleutherocentrus petersoni Clark pp. 243 - 246 figs. Plate 24, figures 12-19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusEleutherocentrus
speciespetersoni

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.

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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Dapingian or 470.00000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) Eleutherocentrus petersoni (104211 104227)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (Utah) Eleutherocentrus petersoni (103781 103828 103909 103914 103915)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Utah) Eleutherocentrus petersoni (298 104064 type locality: 197008)