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Ogygiocaris dilatata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Trilobus dilatatus was named by Brünnich (1781). It is the type species of Ogygiocaris.

It was recombined as Ogygiocaris dilatata by Henningsmoen (1960); it was recombined as Ogygiocaris dilatatus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ogygiocaris dilatata Henningsmoen
2002Ogygiocaris dilatatus Jell and Adrain p. 413

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusOgygiocarisAngelin 1854
speciesdilatata(Brünnich 1781)

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.

†Ogygiocaris dilatata Brünnich 1781
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:03:53
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:03:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Uhaku or 469.20000 to 458.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Skien-Langesund) Ogygiocaris dilatata (193298 193299 193300)
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Ringerike) Ogygiocaris dilatata (193303 193304 193305)
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Sandsvær - Eiker) Ogygiocaris dilatata (194766)
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Ogygiocaris dilatata (193301 193302)
Kunda - Uhaku469.2 - 458.0Norway (Oslo-Asker) Ogygiocaris dilatata (193295 193296 193297)
Uhaku - Aseri459.7 - 460.9Norway (Oslo Asker) Ogygiocaris dilatata (164162)
Uhaku - Lasnamagi459.7 - 460.9Norway (Asker) Ogygiocaris dilatata (167004)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Norway Ogygiocaris dilatata (167002)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) Ogygiocaris dilatata (194770)