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Oryctocephalites reynoldsi

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocephalus reynoldsi was named by Reed (1899).

It was recombined as Oryctocephalites reynoldsi by Sundberg and McCollum (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. claytonensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Oryctocephalus reynoldsi Reed
1938Oryctocephalus walcotti Resser p. 8 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 22-23
1997Oryctocephalites reynoldsi Sundberg and McCollum p. 1073
1997Oryctocephalites walcotti Sundberg and McCollum p. 1073

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
subfamilyOryctocephalinaeBeecher 1897
genusOryctocephalitesResser 1939
speciesreynoldsi(Reed 1899)

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.

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Invalid names: Oryctocephalites walcotti Resser 1938 [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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:01:49
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:01:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Idaho) Oryctocephalus walcotti (75632)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Oryctocephalus walcotti (75633 75634)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (California) Oryctocephalites walcotti (219702)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Oryctocephalus walcotti (75635)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) Oryctocephalus walcotti (76096)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) Oryctocephalus reynoldsi (56533)
Wuliuan506.5 - 504.5Argentina (Mendoza) Oryctocephalites reynoldsi (222585 223357)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0USA (Idaho) Oryctocephalus walcotti (127486)