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Haliestes ✝
Description | Haliestes dasos is a sea spider from the Silurian period of the UK. The species was first described by David Siveter et al. in 2004. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliestes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Pycnogonida : Nectopantopoda : Haliestidae : Haliestes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Pycnogonida : Haliestes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Haliestes Siveter, Suton, Briggs & Siveter, 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 427 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pycnogonida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Pycnogonida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Pycnogonida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. J. Siveter, M. D. Sutton, and D. E. G. Briggs, D. J. Siveter. 2004. A Silurian sea spider. Nature 431:978-980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliestes |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Haliestes dasos ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2004 | Haliestes Siveter et al. p. 978 |
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!