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Auritama

Trilobita - Auritamidae

Taxonomy
Auritama was named by Opik (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Auritamidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Auritama Opik
2002Auritama Jell and Adrain p. 346
2002Auritama Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAuritamidaeOpik 1967
genusAuritamaOpik 1976

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. †Auritama Opik 1976
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available