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Teratorhynchus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleuridae

Taxonomy
Teratorhynchus was named by Reed (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Remopleuridae by Begg (1950); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Teratorhynchus Reed
1950Teratorhynchus Begg p. 290
2002Teratorhynchus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
familyRemopleuridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusTeratorhynchusReed 1903

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. †Teratorhynchus Reed 1903
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burrellian to the top of the Sandbian or 456.60000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) T. bicornis (208117 208121 208123 208125) T. bicornis, T. sp. (208122 208129)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) T. bicornis (165043 192744)