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Erratencrinurus ✝
| Description | Erratencrinurus is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now northern Germany. It was described from glacial erratics by Krueger in 1972, and the type species is Erratencrinurus capricornu. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erratencrinurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : Erratencrinurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Erratencrinurus Krueger, 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Geologie 20: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erratencrinurus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Erratencrinurus (Celtencrinurus) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus (Erratencrinurus) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus brutoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus capricornu ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus ceras species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus heinrichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus imperfectus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus kauschi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus kiaeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus kummerowi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus lapworthi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus melzensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus moe species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus multisegmentatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus nebeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus neuter ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Erratencrinurus praecapricornu species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus rhebergeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Erratencrinurus spicatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus trippi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Erratencrinurus uncatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Erratencrinurus vigilans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 21 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1971 | Erratencrinurus Krueger |
| 1981 | Erratencrinurus Owen |
| 1989 | Erratencrinurus Owen and Heath |
| 2002 | Erratencrinurus Jell and Adrain p. 374 |
| 2002 | Erratencrinurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Erratencrinurus Moss and Westrop p. 1096 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
