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Rhenarges erbeni

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Acanthopyge erbeni was named by Meischner (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IMGP Nr. Go-548-1, a cephalon/head (cranidium). It is the type species of Rhenarges.

It was recombined as Akantharges erbeni by Holloway and Thomas (2002); it was recombined as Rhenarges erbeni by Basse and Müller (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Acanthopyge erbeni Meischner
2002Akantharges erbeni Holloway and Thomas
2004Rhenarges erbeni Basse and Müller p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusRhenarges
specieserbeni(Meischner 1965)

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.

Rhenarges erbeni Meischner 1965
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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 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available