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Otarionella taganon

Artiopoda - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarionella taganon was named by Chatterton et al. (1979). Its type specimen is ANU 35181, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Otarionella taganon Chatterton et al. p. 811 figs. Pl 105, fig. 14, 16-18

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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
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
genusOtarionellaWeyber 1965
speciestaganon

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.

Otarionella taganon Chatterton et al. 1979
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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: 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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) Otarionella taganon (69319 69325 69327 69329)