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Arcuolimbus

Trilobita - Llanoaspididae

Taxonomy
Arcuolimbus was named by Palmer (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. Its type is Arcuolimbus convexus.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Llanoaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
A. convexus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Arcuolimbus Palmer p. 735
2002Arcuolimbus Jell and Adrain p. 344
2002Arcuolimbus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyLlanoaspididaeLochmann 1944
genusArcuolimbus

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. †Arcuolimbus Palmer 1954
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Arcuolimbus convexus Palmer 1954
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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-04 05:19:24
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:19:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Furongian or 500.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian541.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) A. sp. (231)
Dresbachian501.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) A. convexus (7186 7190 7199 7201 7277 7284 7403 7404 8021)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) A. convexus (208647 208648 208685 208761 208986)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) A. sp. (156420)