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Otarion (Otarion)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Otarion (Otarion) Zenker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
genusOtarionZenker 1833
subgenusOtarionZenker 1833

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.

Subg. †Otarion (Otarion) Zenker 1833
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Otarion (Otarion) horani Etheridge and Mitchell 1893
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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-06-09 12:54:11
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:54:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 430.60000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Australia (Australian Capital Territory) Otarion horani (25679)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia Otarion verrucosum (14054)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Australia (New South Wales) Otarion horani (25634)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Otarion gruanum (27041) Otarion latum (27050 27055)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France (Alsace) Otarion sp. (40505)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Otarion balanops (26584 26588 26589 26593 26596 26621)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47France (Alsace) Otarion collini (40069) Otarion gaultieri (40063 40065) Otarion oceanicum (40068)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland Otarion praecedens (164486)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) Otarion balanops (26622)