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Opoa

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Styginidae

Taxonomy
Opoa was named by Lane (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Meroperixinae by Kobayashi and Hamada (1974); to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Styginidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Opoa Lane
1974Opoa Kobayashi and Hamada p. 68
2002Opoa Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Opoa Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyStyginidaeVogdes 1890
familyScutelluidaeRichter and Richter 1955
subfamilyMeroperixinae
genusOpoaLane 1972

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. †Opoa Lane 1972
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Opoa trinodosa Kobayashi and Hamada 1986
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 mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:37:50
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:37:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludlow or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Greenland O. adamsi (188494)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Greenland O. sp. (23053)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) O. sp. (77327 77328 77334 77335 77336)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Greenland O. adamsi (23048 188492)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) O. sp. (26768)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Japan (Skikoku) O. trinodosa (188692)