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Encrinurus punctatus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Entomostracites punctatus was named by Wahlenberg (1821). It is the type species of Encrinurus.

It was recombined as Encrinurus punctatus by Emmrich (1844) and Nikolaisen (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. dimitrovi, E. moderatus, E. princeps, E. simpliciculus, E. speyeri, E. stubblefieldi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Encrinurus punctatus Emmrich
1961Encrinurus punctatus Nikolaisen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyEncrinurinaeAngelin 1854
genusEncrinurusEmmrich 1844
speciespunctatus(Wahlenberg 1821)

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.

†Encrinurus punctatus Wahlenberg 1821
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2009-06-09 12:39:28
Modified: 2010-01-09 08:44:57
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Jaani to the top of the Ludfordian or 433.60000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Ukraine Encrinurus punctatus (23363)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Shropshire) Encrinurus punctatus (49579)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) Encrinurus punctatus (50144 50145)
Jaani433.6 - 431.3Estonia (Saare) Encrinurus punctatus (195595 195598)
Jaani - Jaagarahu433.6 - 422.9Estonia (Saare) Encrinurus punctatus (195594)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway Encrinurus punctatus (14314)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13591 13592 13594 13597 13598)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Lithuania Encrinurus punctatus (207342 207383)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Tajikistan Encrinurus punctatus (49963 49964)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ukraine Encrinurus punctatus (23349 23350 23364 23451 23453)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13600 13673)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13601 13602)
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Estonia Encrinurus punctatus (13737)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine (Podolia) Encrinurus punctatus (155617 155618)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13603)
Gorstian - Ludfordian427.4 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13617)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Encrinurus punctatus (13616 13618)