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Erixanium sentum

Trilobita - Olenida - Aphelaspidae

Taxonomy
Erixanium sentum was named by Opik (1963). It is not extant. It is the type species of Erixanium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Erixanium sentum Opik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyAphelaspidae(Palmer 1960)
genusErixaniumOpik 1963
speciessentumOpik 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.

†Erixanium sentum 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: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-26 00:44:20
Modified: 2010-01-26 02:44:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Paibian to the top of the Warendian or 497.00000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Erixanium sentum (124977 124978)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Erixanium sentum (132502 132503)
Warendian485.4 - 478.6Australia (Queensland) Erixanium sentum (77657)