Ocruranus Liu 1979 (mollusk)

Aculifera - Halkieriidae

Synonyms: Chengjiangoconus He and Yang 1982, Cremnodinotus Liu 1987, Dengyingoconus, Hanshuiella Yue and Xing 1984, Jiangiconus Starobogatov and Moskalev 1987, Liorichita Liu 1987, Parascenella Chen and Xiong 1984, Pileconus , Postephaconus Jiang 1980, Postestephaconus Jiang 1980, Runnegarochiton YĆ¼ 1987, Stephaconus Jiang 1980, Stoliconus Jiang 1980, Yuanjiapingella Yue 1984

Full reference: D. -Y. Liu. 1979. Earliest Cambrian brachiopods from southwest China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18:505-512

Parent taxon: Halkieriinae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010

See also Conway Morris and Caron 2007, Jiang 1980, Li et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Vendrasco et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Eohalobia, Halkieria, Sinosachites

Subtaxa: Ocruranus finial Ocruranus kangerluk Ocruranus modestus Ocruranus septentrionalis Ocruranus trulliformis

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), China (48), Greenland (4)

Total: 53 collections including 99 occurrences

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