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Ogygites

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ogygites was named by Tromelin and Lebescote (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Ogygites Tromelin and Lebescote
2002Ogygites Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Ogygites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusOgygitesTromelin and Lebescote 1876

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. †Ogygites Tromelin and Lebescote 1876
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Gisbornian or 461.10000 to 452.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran O. yunnanensis (66865)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Portugal O. sp. (21013)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) O. sp. (20898 20899)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (XinJiang) O. sp. (20810)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain O. sp. (93271)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) O. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7France O. sp. (21004)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc461.0 - 449.5Spain (Ciudad Real) O. sp. (20892)
Gisbornian458.2 - 452.3New Zealand O. collingwoodensis (63445)