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Oryctocephalops

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocephalops was named by Lermontova (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 474]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Oryctocephalops Lermontova
2002Oryctocephalops Jell and Adrain p. 415
2002Oryctocephalops Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusOryctocephalopsLermontova 1940

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.

G. †Oryctocephalops Lermontova 1940
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Oryctocephalops frischenfeldi Lermontova 1940
Oryctocephalops guizhouensis Zhao and Yuan 2002
Oryctocephalops tongrenensis Lu and Qian 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Duyunian or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Nevada) O. frischenfeldi (240108)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) O. guizhouensis (128082 128087 235431) O. sp. (125156 125157 125158 127439)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation O. frischenfeldi (232942 235430)
Solvan - Menevian508.2 - 499.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Oryctocephalus frischenfeldi (10000)