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Borealarges

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Borealarges Adrain p. 1085
2002Borealarges Jell and Adrain p. 351
2002Borealarges Sepkoski
2005Borealarges Pollitt et al. p. 238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusBorealarges

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. †Borealarges Adrain 1994
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Borealarges bucklandii Milne Edwards 1840
Borealarges calei Adrain 1994
Borealarges convexus Tomczykowa 1991
Borealarges fritillus Campbell and Chatterton 2007
Borealarges kielcensis Tomczykowa 1993
Borealarges mikulicorum Perry and Chatterton 1977
Borealarges morrisoni Adrain 1994
Borealarges nicoae Adrain 2003
Borealarges patulus Campbell and Chatterton 2007
Borealarges reedi Adrain 1994
Borealarges renodis Campbell and Chatterton 2007
Borealarges simplex Barrande 1846
Borealarges tuckerae Adrain 1994
Borealarges variabilis Campbell and Chatterton 2007
Borealarges warholi Adrain 2003
Borealarges yulei Adrain 2003
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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Whitwellian or 433.40000 to 425.40000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Northwest Territories) B. mikulicorum (26004 26005 26006) B. mikulicorum, B. morrisoni, B. tuckerae (25997)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Canada (Nunavut) B. mikulicorum (26003) B. mikulicorum, B. morrisoni, B. warholi, B. nicoae (26000)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp., B. tuckerae, B. renodis (26059)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Richterarges bucklandii (79893)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Northwest Territories) B. tuckerae, B. patulus (26049)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom Richterarges bucklandii (165514)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Canada (Nunavut) B. reedi, B. calei, B. yulei (25996)
Whitwellian430.5 - 425.4Canada (Northwest Territories) B. renodis, B. variabilis (26048) B. tuckerae, B. fritillus, B. renodis, B. variabilis (26035) B. tuckerae, B. patulus, B. fritillus, B. renodis, B. variabilis (26042) B. tuckerae, B. variabilis (26050)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Dicranogmus simplex (14106)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Nunavut) B. mikulicorum (26008) B. reedi (26001)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Poland (Lysogory Region) Richterarges convexus (229366)