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Otarozoum

Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae

Taxonomy
Otarozoum was named by Thomas and Holloway (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara Sepkoski's reference number: 774]. It is not extant. Its type is Lichas (Homolichas) melmerbiensis.

It was assigned to Homolichinae by Thomas and Holloway (1988); to Lichida by Sepkoski (2002); to Lichidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Echinolichini by Pollitt et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Otarozoum Thomas and Holloway
2002Otarozoum Jell and Adrain p. 416
2002Otarozoum Sepkoski
2005Otarozoum Pollitt et al. p. 237

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
familyLichidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyLichinaeHawle and Corda 1847
tribeEchinolichini
genusOtarozoum

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. †Otarozoum Thomas and Holloway 1988
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Otarozoum eichwaldi Niezskowski 1857
Otarozoum pahleni Schmidt 1885
Otarozoum peri Warburg 1939
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:40:01
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:40:01
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Woolstonian to the top of the Nabala or 457.20000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Russian Federation Conolichas peri (160532)
Idavere - Johvi458.0 - 449.9Netherlands O. peri (192065)
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Conolichas melmerbiensis (188591)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Latvia (Daugavpils) Conolichas eichwaldi (192986)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Russian Federation O. eichwaldi (169224)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Russian Federation O. pahleni (167727 167739)
Rakvere451.8 - 450.5Latvia (Daugavpils) Conolichas eichwaldi (192987)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Latvia (Daugavpils) Conolichas eichwaldi (192988)