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Svalbardicurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae

Taxonomy
Svalbardicurus was named by Fortey and Bruton (2013). Its type is Svalbardicurus delicatus.

It was assigned to Hystricuridae by Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Species
S. delicatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Svalbardicurus Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyHystricuridaeHupé 1953
genusSvalbardicurus

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. †Svalbardicurus Fortey and Bruton 2013
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†Svalbardicurus delicatus Fortey and Bruton 2013
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:11
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Stairsian or 485.40000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6Norway (Spitsbergen) S. delicatus (189833)