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Illaenurus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Illaenurus was named by Hall (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379,697]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Illaenidae by Walcott (1916) and Raymond (1916); to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Illaenuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Illaenurus Hall
1916Illaenurus Raymond p. 9
1916Illaenurus Walcott p. 404
2002Illaenurus Jell and Adrain p. 387
2002Illaenurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusIllaenurusHall 1863

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. †Illaenurus Hall 1863
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Illaenurus eurekensis Walcott 1884
Illaenurus quadratus Hall 1863
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:00:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 20:00:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Franconian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) I. truncatus (233639)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Minnesota) I. quadratus (233636 233637)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Alberta) I. montanensis, I. priscus, I. holcus, I. quadratus (54093) I. priscus (81303 81307) I. quadratus (81305)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) I. priscus (9752 9763 9765 9766)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Utah) I. sp. (259)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) I. priscus (9767 9769 9771)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) I. sp. (256)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Colorado) I. quadratus (233788)