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Richterarges aquilonius

Artiopoda - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Hemiarges aquilonius was named by Whittington (1961). Its type specimen is GSC 15242, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is Locality 21, which is in a Ludlow marine reef rocks in the Read Bay Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Richterarges aquilonius by Adrain (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hemiarges aquilonius Whittington
1994Richterarges aquilonius Adrain p. 1084

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyTrochurinaePhleger 1936
genusRichterargesPhleger 1936
speciesaquilonius()

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.

Richterarges aquilonius Whittington 1961
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Hemiarges aquilonius (type locality: 188900)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) Hemiarges aquilonius (229371)