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Hercantyx

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Hercantyx was named by Opik (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 498]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Damesellidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Hercantyx Opik
2002Hercantyx Jell and Adrain p. 469
2002Hercantyx Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusHercantyxOpik 1963

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. †Hercantyx Opik 1963
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available