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Litzicurus shawi

Artiopoda - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Litzicurus shawi was named by Adrain et al. (2009). Its type specimen is SUI 115469, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is HC6 142.0, Hillyard's Canyon, which is in a Tulean shallow subtidal lime mudstone/packstone in the Garden City Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Litzicurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Litzicurus shawi Adrain et al. p. 589

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusLitzicurus
speciesshawi

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.

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

Age range: Tulean or 481.70000 to 475.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Litzicurus shawi (type locality: 228266 228267)