Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Ovalocephalus kelleri

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ovalocephalus kelleri was named by Koroleva (1959). It is the type species of Ovalocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Ovalocephalus kelleri Koroleva

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyHammatocneminae(Kielan 1960)
genusOvalocephalusKoroleva 1959
specieskelleriKoroleva 1959

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ovalocephalus kelleri Koroleva 1959
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Katian or 458.40000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) Ovalocephalus kelleri (182202)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Xinjiang) Ovalocephalus kelleri (188385)