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Hystricurinae

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurinae was named by Hupe (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hystricuridae by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hystricurinae Hupe
2003Hystricurinae Adrain et al. p. 561

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

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.

Subfm. †Hystricurinae Hupe 1953
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G. †Flectihystricurus Adrain et al. 2003
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Flectihystricurus wilsoni Gobbett 1960
G. †Lavadamia Adrain et al. 2003
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Lavadamia joplinae Adrain et al. 2003
G. †Tersella Petrunina 1973
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Tersella sainsburyi Ross 1965
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: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Llanvirn or 485.40000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3USA (Utah) Lavadamia joplinae (106397)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Tersella sp. (9275 9278 9285)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Idaho) Flectihystricurus acumennasus (228263 228264) Flectihystricurus flectimembrus (106389 228261 228262) Hystricurus flectimembrus, Hystricurus acumennasus (103822)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (100357 100358 101846)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (Alaska) Hystricurus sainsburyi (101853)