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Encrinuroides ✝
| Description | Encrinuroides is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida, that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Wales. It was described by Reed in 1931, and the type species is Encrinuroides sexcostata, which was originally described under the genus Cybele by Salter in 1848. It also contains the species, Encrinuroides enshiensis, Encrinuroides insularis, and Encrinuroides rarus. The type locality was in the Sholeshook Limestone Formation. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encrinuroides, 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 : Encrinuroides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Encrinuroides Reed, 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pal. Soc. London (Lower Pal. Trilob. Girvan, Suppl. 2), 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 423 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | minor spines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Encrinuroides |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Encrinuroides contentus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Encrinuroides edseli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides gelaisi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides hornei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Encrinuroides obesus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides periops ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides regularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides sexcostata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Encrinuroides stincharensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1931 | Encrinuroides Reed |
| 2002 | Encrinuroides Jell and Adrain p. 371 |
| 2002 | Encrinuroides Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2014 | Encrinuroides Moss and Westrop p. 1116 |
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!
