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Cryptolithus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Cryptolithus was named by Green (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,690].

It was assigned to Cryptolithinae by Whittington (1941); to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cryptolithus Green
1941Cryptolithus Whittington p. 509
2002Cryptolithus Jell and Adrain p. 362
2002Cryptolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusCryptolithusGreen 1832

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. †Cryptolithus Green 1832
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†Cryptolithus recurvus Ulrich 1919
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Invalid names: Cryptolithus lorettensis Foerste 1924 [synonym], Trinucleus bellulus Ulrich 1879 [synonym]
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 08:29:59
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:50:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Hirnantian or 459.70000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (181 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (New York) C. sp. (335)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (402)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1France (Manche) C. sp. (20849)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Morocco C. sp. (21001)
Costonian - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0Venezuela (Merida Andes) C. sp. (8858)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.2 - 455.0United Kingdom (Wales) C. gibbifrons, C. globiceps (192427)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (341)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Türkiye (Mardin) C. inferus (192899)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. sp. (326 327)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) C. bellulus (77220 77221)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Pennsylvania) C. recurvus (173334)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Maryland) C. sp. (411)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (New York) C. sp. (1196)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (Virginia) C. sp. (343 345)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) C. sp. (76338 105203)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Virginia) C. sp. (76083 85577 85580 85583 85584 85587 85593 85596 85597 85598 85599 85600 85601 85609 85619)
Shermanian - Maysvillian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25331 25333 25341 25344)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) C. tesselatus (81308)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) C. lorettensis (173333) C. sp. (167617 173340)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) C. tesselatus (173302)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) C. tesselatus, C. lorettensis (76089 76090)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (26270)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Virginia) C. tesselatus (105205 105207 192431)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (34563) C. tesselatus (48730 48789 48794)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2USA (Virginia) C. tesselatus (105204)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (New York) C. bellulus (340 236743)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Virginia) C. tesselatus (5397)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) C. bellulus (34895 173339)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania and Virginia) C. sp. (77103)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Ontario) C. bellulus (173028)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) C. sp. (383 384 385 386 74675 74676 74680 74684 74685 74686 74687 74688 74689 74690 74691 74692 74693 74694 74695 74697 74698 74699 74700 74768 74773 74774 74775 74776 74777 74778 74779 74780 74781 74782 74783 74784 74787 74788 74789 74790) C. tesselata (349)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Québec) C. bellulus (164218)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) C. bellulus, C. recurvus (173073) C. sp. (74711 74713 74720 74721 74722 74723 74724 74725 74726 74727 74728 74831 74838 74839 74843 74844 74847 74848 74849 74850 74851 74852 74853 74880 74882 74884 74888) C. tesselatus (48772 48773 48776 48778 72674 72675 72676 72677 72678 72679 72680 72708 72709 72710 72711 72712 72713 72715 72717 72718 72719 72735 72736 72755 72760 72954 72955 72956 72957 72958)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (440)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) C. bellulus (173007)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Québec) C. bellulus (173121)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) C. sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) C. lorrainensis, C. bellulus, C. tesselatus, C. recurvus (26302)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) C. bellulus (173242 173278)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) C. bellulus (173272) C. sp. (77104)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.1USA (Ohio) C. sp. (389 390)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) C. sp. (77187)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) C. bellulus (56000)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Québec) C. sp. (24519)
Gamachian445.5 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (12582 13132)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Québec) C. portageensis (81280)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Morocco (Maïder) C. sp. (20996)