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Acidiphorus moorei

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Holasaphus moorei was named by Raymond (1913). Its type specimen is GSC 7823, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Goniotelina moorei by Desbiens et al. (1996); it was recombined as Acidiphorus moorei by Brett and Westrop (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Holasaphus moorei Raymond
1938Bathyurus romainensis Twenhofel p. 72 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 7
1996Acidiphorus moorei Brett and Westrop
1996Goniotelina moorei Desbiens et al. p. 1145

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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
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
genusAcidiphorus
speciesmoorei(Raymond 1913)

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.

Acidiphorus moorei Raymond 1913
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Invalid names: Bathyurus romainensis Twenhofel 1938 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 21:23:03
Modified: 2009-06-09 23:23:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ibexian or 487.50000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Acidiphorus moorei (111444)