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Flectihystricurus wilsoni

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus wilsoni was named by Gobbett (1960).

It was recombined as Flectihystricurus wilsoni by Adrain et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Hystricurus wilsoni Gobbett
2003Flectihystricurus wilsoni Adrain et al. p. 564

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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
genusFlectihystricurus
specieswilsoni(Gobbett 1960)

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.

Flectihystricurus wilsoni Gobbett 1960
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
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