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Eoptychoparia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Eoptychoparia was named by Rasetti (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 464,474].

It was synonymized subjectively with Ptychoparella by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Palmer and Halley (1979), Sepkoski (2002); and to Ptychopariidae by Geyer (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Eoptychoparia Rasetti
1979Eoptychoparia Palmer and Halley p. 104
2002Eoptychoparia Sepkoski
2015Eoptychoparia Geyer p. 769

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusEoptychopariaRasetti 1955

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. †Eoptychoparia Rasetti 1955
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Eoptychoparia benxiensis Guo and An 1982
Eoptychoparia manifesta Lazarenko 1962
Eoptychoparia nangaoensis Zhang et al. 1980
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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 20:00:46
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:30:51
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Duyunian or 512.10000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) E. sp. (57023)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Virginia) E. clearbranches (195) E. taylori (188)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) E. jinshaensis (128272) E. sp. (107131)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Liaoning) E. benxiensis (128396)
Duyunian - Taijangian514.5 - 504.5China (Guizhou) E. nangaoensis (107153)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2USA (Alaska) E. sp. (239834)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Russian Federation E. manifesta (225260)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Morocco E. tafilaltensis (174756)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation E. manifesta (232940 232941)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) E. convexa (10812 10816 10818 10822 10824 10830 10831 10840 10842 10846 10849 10850)