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Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator

Artiopoda - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator was named by Laurie and Shergold (1996). Its type specimen is CPC 31761, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. inconnivus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator Laurie and Shergold p. 86 figs. Pl. 4, figs. 20-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusOpipeuterFortey 1974
speciesemanuelensis
subspeciesremorator

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.

†Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator Laurie and Shergold 1996
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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 mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2004-02-29 10:14:02
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:14:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Bendigonian or 474.90000 to 473.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Opipeuter emanuelensis (157179 157180 157181 157183)