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Hanchungolithus richthofeni

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Trinucleus richthofeni was named by Kayser (1883).

It was recombined as Tretaspis richthofeni by Stetson (1927); it was recombined as Reedolithus richthofeni by Kobayashi (1951); it was recombined as Hanchungolithus richthofeni by Turvey (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Trinucleus richthofeni Kayser p. 39 figs. pl. 3, fig. 6
1927Tretaspis richthofeni Stetson p. 90
1951Reedolithus richthofeni Kobayashi p. 48 figs. pl. 3, fig. 8
2007Hanchungolithus richthofeni Turvey pp. 386 - 387 figs. Plate 11, figures 2–3, 5–6, 8–14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHanchungolithusLu 1956
speciesrichthofeni(Kayser 1883)

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
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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:47:03
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:47:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Arenigian or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Shaanxi) Hanchungolithus richthofeni (116180 116190)