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Ogygites

Trilobita - 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 Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

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
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou 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 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Dobrotivian or 461.10000 to 457.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Portugal O. sp. (21013)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Toledo) O. sp. (20898 20899)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Iran O. yunnanensis (66865)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (XinJiang) O. sp. (20810)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain O. sp. (93271)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France O. sp. (21004)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real) O. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc459.0 - 449.5Spain (Ciudad Real) O. sp. (20892)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7New Zealand O. collingwoodensis (63445)