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Hintzecurinae

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy

Hintzecurinae was named by Adrain et al. (2003).

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

Subtaxa

Genalaticurus, Hintzecurus, Ibexicurus, Politicurus, Rossicurus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Hintzecurinae Adrain et al. p. 567

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829

Rank	Name	Author
subphylum	Artiopoda	(Hou and Bergstrom)
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
family	Hystricuridae	Hupé 1953
subfamily	Hintzecurinae
subfamily	Hintzecurinae

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. †Hintzecurinae Adrain et al. 2003

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G. †Genalaticurus Adrain et al. 2003

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†Genalaticurus genalatus Ross 1951

G. †Hintzecurus Adrain et al. 2003

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†Hintzecurus paragenalatus Ross 1951

G. †Ibexicurus Adrain et al. 2003

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†Ibexicurus hillyardensis Stitt 1983

†Ibexicurus parsonsi Adrain et al. 2003

G. †Politicurus Adrain et al. 2003

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†Politicurus politus Ross 1951

G. †Rossicurus Adrain et al. 2003

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†Rossicurus lepidus Hintze 1953

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: Skullrockian or 487.50000 to 482.30000 Ma

Collections (38 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan	492.5 - 485.4	USA (Utah)	Hystricurus politus (219671)
Skullrockian	487.5 - 482.3	USA (Utah)	Hintzecurus paragenalatus, Rossicurus sp. 3, Genalaticurus genalatus, Politicurus politus (106394) Hintzecurus sp. 2, Rossicurus lepidus, Genalaticurus sp. 1 (106393) Hystricurus genalatus (104152 104157 104162 104163 104164 104171 104172 104181 104183) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus lepidus, Politicurus sp. (104176) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus (104173 104174) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (104158 104160 104175 104184 104185) Hystricurus politus (104159 104182 105776) Ibexicurus parsonsi (106395) Rossicurus sp. 1 (106392) Rossicurus sp. 2 (106396) Rossicurus sp. 3 (106397)
Skullrockian	487.5 - 482.3	USA (Idaho)	Hintzecurus paragenalatus, Genalaticurus genalatus, Politicurus politus (106391) Rossicurus sp. 4 (106388)
Ibexian	487.5 - 470.0	USA (Nevada)	Hystricurus genalatus (104561)
Stairsian	485.4 - 478.6	USA (Nevada)	Hystricurus genalatus (104503) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (278)
Gasconadian	485.4 - 477.7	USA (Nevada)	Hystricurus genalatus (104517) Hystricurus politus (104516)
Gasconadian	485.4 - 477.7	USA (Idaho)	Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus (103826) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus paragenalatus, Hystricurus politus, Hystricurus sp. F (103827) Hystricurus genalatus, Hystricurus politus (103813)
Lancefieldian - Bendigonian	484.3 - 473.1	Australia (Tasmania)	Hystricurus genulatus (211109)