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Cybelurus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4633259https://www.gbif.org/species/4633259
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21520https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21520
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : Cybelurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
genusCybelurusLevitsky 1964
Scientific NameCybelurus Levitsky, 1964
Name Published InIzv. vyssh. ucheb. Zaved. (Geol. Razved.) 1962 (7)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cybelurusgenusbelongs to Encrinuridaestated without evidenceFortey and Droser, 1999
Cybelurusgenusbelongs to Phacopidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance458 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow 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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cybelurus brutoni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Cybelurus halo
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Cybelurus mira
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Cybelurus occidentalis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
466 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Miracybele mira
species
listed (PBDB)6472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
468 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Cybelurus Levitsky
1965Miracybele Whittington p. 422
1999Cybelurus Fortey and Droser p. 197
2002Cybelurus Jell and Adrain p. 362
2002Cybelurus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Miracybele Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Whittington H. B. (1965) Trilobites of the Ordovician Table Head Formation, western Newfoundland, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 132 4, 275-441
Fortey R. A., Droser M. L. (1999) Trilobites from the Base of the Type Whiterockian (Middle Ordovician) in Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 73 2, 182-201
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Izv. vyssh. ucheb. Zaved. (Geol. Razved.) 1962 (7) - 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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