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Ktenoura postrema

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Cheirurus postremus was named by Lane (1971). Its type specimen is SM A38677, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ktenoura postrema by Storey et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Cheirurus postremus Lane p. 16 figs. pl. 2, figs 2–3
2016Ktenoura postrema Storey et al. p. 13 fig. 9F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusKtenouraLane 1971
speciespostrema()

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.

Ktenoura postrema Lane 1971
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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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-02-24 04:55:28
Modified: 2010-02-24 06:55:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Ktenoura postrema (229051)