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Litzicurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Litzicurus was named by Adrain et al. (2009). Its type is Litzicurus shawi.

It was assigned to Hystricuridae by Adrain et al. (2009).

Species
L. orbus, L. shawi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Litzicurus Adrain et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusLitzicurus

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.

G. †Litzicurus Adrain et al. 2009
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Litzicurus orbus Ross 1953
Litzicurus shawi Adrain et al. 2009
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 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean480.8 - 474.9USA (Idaho) L. shawi (228266 228267) Pseudohystricurus orbus (105090)