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Encrinurus hyperboreus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Encrinurus hyperboreus was named by Thomas and Narbonne (1979). Its type specimen is GSC 56141 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Encrinurus hyperboreus Thomas and Narbonne pp. 8 - 9 figs. PI. 3, figs, a-i, k, n-r

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusEncrinurusEmmrich 1844
specieshyperboreus

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.

Encrinurus hyperboreus Thomas and Narbonne 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:39:28
Modified: 2010-01-09 08:44:57
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.60000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Canada (Nunavut) Encrinurus hyperboreus (229371 229372)