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Xystriduridae

Artiopoda - Redlichiida - Xystriduridae

Taxonomy
Xystridurinae was named by Whitehouse. It is the type subfamily of Paradoxidoidea.

It was reranked as the family Xystriduridae by Adrain (2011).

It was assigned to Paradoxididae by Palmer and Gatehouse (1972); to Redlichiida by Kruse (1990), Whittington et al. (1997); and to Paradoxidoidea by Adrain (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Xystridurinae Palmer and Gatehouse p. 13
1990Xystridurinae Kruse p. 13
1997Xystridurinae Whittington et al. p. 429
2011Xystriduridae Adrain p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyParadoxidoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyXystriduridae(Whitehouse)
familyXystriduridae(Whitehouse)

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.

Fm. †Xystriduridae Whitehouse
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G. †Galahetes Öpik 1975
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Galahetes fulcrosus Öpik 1975
G. †Xystridura Whitehouse 1936
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Xystridura glacia Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
Xystridura jielingensis Yang et al. 1993
Xystridura multilinia Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedsubf
Created: 2009-12-19 07:54:13
Modified: 2009-12-21 07:29:57
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Solvan to the top of the Templetonian or 508.20000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (New South Wales) Xystridura sp. (56811)
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (Northern Territory) Galahetes fulcrosus (225236)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) Xystridura sp. (56531 56533)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5Australia (Northern Territory) Xystridura templetonensis (75265)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Antarctica Xystridura glacia, Xystridura multilinia (154031)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Xystridura sp. (60045)
Taijangian - Wangcunian506.5 - 497.0China (Sichuan) Xystridura sp., Xystridura jielingensis (127061)