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Cybelurus mirus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinurus mirus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 697 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cybele mira by Raymond (1925); it was recombined as Miracybele mira by Whittington (1965); it was recombined as Cybelurus mirus by Fortey (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Encrinurus mirus Billings p. 292 fig. 282
1925Cybele mira Raymond p. 135
1965Miracybele mira Whittington p. 424
1980Cybelurus mirus Fortey

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusCybelurusLevitsky 1962
speciesmirus(Billings 1865)

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.

Cybelurus mirus Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Cybele mira (104807) Miracybele mira (104861)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Cybele mira (104813 104817) Miracybele mira (104862 104867)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Cybelurus mirus (106480)