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Eccoptochile

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy

Eccoptochile was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Ashg Sepkoski's reference number: 1266]. Its type is Eccoptochile claviger.

It was reranked as Cheirurus (Eccoptochile) by Salter (1864).

It was assigned to Cheirurus by Salter (1864); to Eccoptochilinae by Zhou et al. (1998); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

E. (Eccoptochile), E. (Eccoptochiloides), E. almaldensis, E. clavigera, E. guillieri, E. impedita, E. mariana (syn. Cheirurus guillieri), E. perlata, E. scuticauda

Synonyms

Eccoptochiloides was named by Prantle and Pribyl (1948) [Sepkoski's age data: O m]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eccoptochile by Gapp et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Eccoptochile Hawle and Corda
1864	Cheirurus (Eccoptochile) Salter
1948	Eccoptochiloides Prantle and Pribyl
1998	Eccoptochile Zhou et al. p. 722
2002	Eccoptochile Jell and Adrain p. 369
2002	Eccoptochile Sepkoski
2002	Eccoptochiloides Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Phacopida	Salter 1864
suborder	Cheirurina	Harrington and Leanza 1957
family	Cheiruridae	Hawle and Corda 1847
subfamily	Eccoptochilinae	Lane 1971
genus	Eccoptochile	Hawle and Corda 1847

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. †Eccoptochile Hawle and Corda 1847

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Subg. †Eccoptochile (Eccoptochile) Hawle and Corda 1847

Subg. †Eccoptochile (Eccoptochiloides) Prantl and Pribyl 1947

†Eccoptochile almaldensis Romano 1980

†Eccoptochile clavigera Beyrich 1845

†Eccoptochile guillieri Tromelin 1873

†Eccoptochile impedita Hammann 1972

†Eccoptochile mariana Verneuil and Barrande 1855

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Invalid names: Cheirurus guillieri Tromelin 1873 [synonym]

†Eccoptochile perlata Hawle and Corda 1847

†Eccoptochile scuticauda Barrande 1846

Invalid names: Eccoptochiloides Prantle and Pribyl 1948 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Spines:

majorg

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalc

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

well-developedg

Comments:

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g

Created:

2009-06-10 07:32:54

Modified:

2010-01-13 05:35:45

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Caradoc or 469.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (42 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	China (Xinjiang)	E. sp. (170838)
Floian - Darriwilian	477.1 - 458.2	Russian Federation (Siberia)	E. tchagyrica (205664)
Middle Ordovician	471.3 - 458.2	France	E. guillieri (174550)
Middle Ordovician - Ordovician	471.3 - 443.1	France	E. mariana (174538)
Darriwilian	469.4 - 458.2	Morocco (Anti-Atlas)	E. sp. (186254)
Oretanian	468.0 - 461.0	Spain (Sierra Morena and Badajoz)	E. sp. (21022)
Letna - Harnagian	463.3 - 457.2	Czechia	E. clavigera, E. tumescens (3861)
Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	United Kingdom (England)	E. sp. (3308)
Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	France	E. mariana (174549)
Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	Spain	E. mariana (230074 230075 230086)
Late/Upper Llandeilo - Caradoc	461.1 - 449.5	Morocco (Maïder)	E. sp. (20988)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Guadalajara)	E. sp. (194901 194902)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	France	E. mariana (174536) E. sp. (21004)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	France (Ille-et-Vilaine)	E. mariana (20883)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Cuidad Real)	E. almadenensis (166760) E. almadensensis (20891)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Sierra Morena and Cuidad Real)	E. sp. (21017)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Portugal	Eccoprochile mariana (20958) E. clavigera, E. almadenensis, E. mariana (20957)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Badajoz)	E. sp. (21050)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Toledo and Cuidad Real)	E. sp. (20893)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Spain (Ciudad Real)	E. almadenensis (44050)
Dobrotivian - Caradoc	461.0 - 449.5	Spain (Ciudad Real)	E. sp. (20892)
Berounian - Vinice	459.7 - 457.3	Spain (Zaragoza)	E. sp. (196921)
Berounian - Harnagian	459.7 - 457.2	Czechia	E. clavigera (155058)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Spain (Cuidad Real)	E. impedita (21100)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Portugal	E. sp. (20874)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Morocco (Zagora)	E. sp. (21000)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Czechia (Prague)	E. sp. (76474)
Berounian	459.7 - 450.1	Spain (Caceres and Cuidad Real)	E. clavigera, E. impedita (21047)
Vinice	459.3 - 457.3	Czechia	E. sp. (3864)
Vinice - Late/Upper Ordovician	459.3 - 443.1	Czechia	E. tumescens, E. scuticauda (3863)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician	459.3 - 443.1	Czechia	E. clavigera, E. tumescens (3865) E. sp. (3866)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Spain	E. clavigera, E. impedita (230076)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian	457.2 - 454.0	China (Hunan)	E. sp. (7689)
Actonian - Cautleyan	454.0 - 448.8	Iran (Gilan)	E. sp. (232879)
Kralodvorian	450.1 - 445.2	Portugal	E. sp. (20956)