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Oopsites

Artiopoda - 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 Telephinidae by Fortey (1975), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (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
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Yapeenian or 475.60000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) O. hibernicus (106471 106472)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina O. sp. (8783 8876)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) O. squamosus (106473)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian471.3 - 469.4Ireland O. hibernicus (153922)