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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4638263	https://www.gbif.org/species/4638263
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19763	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19763

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Richterarges

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Lichida	Moore 1959
family	Lichidae	Hawle and Corda 1847
subfamily	Trochurinae	Phleger 1936
genus	Richterarges	Phleger 1936

Scientific Name

Richterarges Phleger, 1936

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 10

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Richterarges	genus	belongs to Trochurinae	stated with evidence	Thomas and Holloway, 1988
Richterarges	genus	belongs to Lichida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Richterarges	genus	belongs to Lichidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Richterarges	genus	belongs to Trochurinae	stated with evidence	Pollitt et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Lichidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Lichida)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Richterarges aquilonius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Richterarges bigener ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Richterarges echinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Richterarges ethnikos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Richterarges facetus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Richterarges gibbus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Richterarges ormistoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Richterarges ptyonurus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Richterarges rolfei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Richterarges Phleger
1988	Richterarges Thomas and Holloway p. 219
2002	Richterarges Jell and Adrain p. 440
2002	Richterarges Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Richterarges Pollitt et al. p. 238

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Thomas A. T., Holloway D. J. (1988) Classification and phylogeny of the trilobite order Lichida, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 321, 179-262

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Pollitt J. R., Fortey R. A., et al (2005) Systematics of the trilobite families Lichidae Hawle & Corda, 1847 and Lichakephalidae Tripp, 1957: the application of Bayesian inference to morphological data, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 3, 225-241 doi:10.1017/S1477201905001604

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont., 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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