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Hystricurus crassilimbatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Hystricurus crassilimbatus was named by Poulsen (1937). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6, Andrée Land, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Cape Weber Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Hystricurus crassilimbatus Poulsen

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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
genusHystricurusRaymond 1913
speciescrassilimbatus

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.

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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: minorg
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 12:57:05
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:57:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (North Dakota) Hystricurus crassilimbatus (119477)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus crassilimbatus (106229)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Canada (Newfoundland) Hystricurus crassilimbatus (195769)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Hystricurus crassilimbatus (122081 122082 type locality: 122088)