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Otarionella

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarionella was named by Weyber (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Eife-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Otarion (Otarionella) by Alberti (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Otarion by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Otarion by Alberti (1969); to Aulacopleurinae by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Otarioninae by Bault et al. (2021).

Species
O. magnifica, O. taganon
Species lacking formal opinion data
Otarion sidiarounium, O. lkomalii, O. rastrum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Otarionella Weyber
1969Otarion (Otarionella) Alberti
1978Otarionella Thomas and Owens p. 73
2002Otarionella Sepkoski
2021Otarionella Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
genusOtarionellaWeyber 1965

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. †Otarionella Weyber 1965
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†Otarionella magnifica Alberti 1967
†Otarionella taganon Chatterton et al. 1979
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 414.00000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) O. davidsoni (12183)
Devonian - Eifelian419.2 - 387.7Czech Republic O. coronata (10470)
Late/Upper Lochkovian414.0 - 410.8Morocco Otarion proavus (27156)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (New South Wales) O. sp. (69320) O. taganon (69319 69325 69327 69329)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Otarion magnificum (27062) Otarion sidiarounium (27061) Otarion sp. A (27068)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Alaska) O. sp. (229261)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Czech Republic O. coronata (12147)
Zlichovian - Daleje409.1 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) O. coronata (12039)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France O. rastrum (181543)
Daleje - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Czech Republic O. davidsoni (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Czech Republic O. coronata (12144)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Otarion tafilaltense (27071)
Eifelian - Late/Upper Emsian393.3 - 391.9Canada (Northwest Territories) Otarion sp. (3949)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco O. lkomalii (188452)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) O. sp. (5768 5865) O. spp. (25118)