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Oopsites

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Oopsites was named by Fortey (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Telephina hibernicus.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Telephinidae by Fortey (1975) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Oopsites Fortey p. 94
2002Oopsites Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Oopsites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusOopsites

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. †Oopsites Fortey 1975
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Oopsites hibernicus Reed 1909
Oopsites squamosus Fortey 1975
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:13:25
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:33:12
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Yapeenian or 474.80000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) O. hibernicus (106471 106472)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina O. sp. (8783 8876)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) O. squamosus (106473)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian470.0 - 467.3Ireland O. hibernicus (153922)