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Ceratocara

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Ceratocara was named by Ramsköld (1991) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde O Cara-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ceratocephalinae by Chatterton et al. (1997); to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Odontopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Ceratocara Ramsköld
1997Ceratocara Chatterton et al. p. 112
2002Ceratocara Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Ceratocara Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyCeratocephalinaeRichter and Richter 1925
genusCeratocaraRamsköld 1991

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. †Ceratocara Ramsköld 1991
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Ceratocara argentina Chatterton et al. 1997
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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:09:49
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:16:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Costonian or 458.20000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian458.2 - 457.2Argentina (San Juan) C. argentina (70621 70622 70623 70624 70625 70626 70627 70628)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Argentina C. sp. (8776)