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Halicyne

Cyclida - Halicynidae

Taxonomy
Halicyne was named by von Meyer (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-u Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. Its type is Limulus agnotus. It is the type genus of Halicynidae.

It was assigned to Cyclida by Sepkoski (2002); to Cyclidae by Glaessner (1969) and Schweigert (2007); and to Halicynidae by Gall (1971) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Halicyne von Meyer p. 567
1969Halicyne Glaessner p. 569
1971Halicyne Gall
2002Halicyne Sepkoski
2007Halicyne Schweigert p. 213
2020Halicyne Schweitzer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
orderCyclida(Glaessner 1928)
familyHalicynidaeGall and Grauvogel 1967
genusHalicyne

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.

G. †Halicyne von Meyer 1844
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†Halicyne agnota von Meyer 1838
†Halicyne laxa von Meyer 1847
†Halicyne montanaensis Schram et al. 2006
†Halicyne oosterinkorum Schweitzer et al. 2019
†Halicyne ornata Trümpy 1957
†Halicyne plana von Seebach 1857
†Halicyne silesiensis Alexandrowicz 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Fassanian or 247.20000 to 235.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) H. ornata (206545)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) H. ornata (140641 206487 206489 206490 206493)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands H. oosterinkorum (106536)
Fassanian242.0 - 235.0Germany H. agnota, H. laxa (226188)