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Encrinurus ✝
Description | Encrinurus is a long-lived genus of phacopid trilobites that lived in what are now Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 472—412.3 mya, existing for approximately 59.7 million years. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrinurus, 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 : Encrinurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Encrinurus Emmrich, 1844 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Naturgesch. Trilobiten: 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 466 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. F. Emmrich. 1844. Zur Naturgeschichte der Trilobiten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrinurus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Encrinurus anticostiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus balticus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus borenorensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus confusevarus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus cristatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus deomenos ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 26 | 441 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus diabolus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus expansus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 439 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus fimbriatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus hagshawensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus hastula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Encrinurus hillboroensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus indianensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus ishii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus jini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 441 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus kiltsiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus lamonti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Encrinurus laurentinus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus longi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus macrourus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus mamelon ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus moe species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus mullochensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 443 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus multisegmentatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus niquivilensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Encrinurus nodai ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus octonarius ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Encrinurus ornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus perceensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus pilistverensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus praecursor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Encrinurus punctatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 443 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus quinquecostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus ralfi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus reflexus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus rosensteinae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus ruhnuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus schisticola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus schmidti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus similis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus spicatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus squarrosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 443 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus stateratus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 441 Ma Silurian | 441 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus stenorhachis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus striatus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Encrinurus subtrigonalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Encrinurus thresheri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus tosensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Encrinurus trispinosus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Encrinurus tuberculosis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Encrinurus yokokurensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1844 | Encrinurus Emmrich |
1916 | Encrinurus Raymond p. 25 |
1925 | Encrinurus Warburg |
1933 | Encrinurus Phleger, Jr. p. 12 |
1957 | Encrinurus Harrington and Leanza |
1961 | Encrinurus Nikolaisen |
2002 | Encrinurus Jell and Adrain p. 371 |
2002 | Encrinurus Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!