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Oryctocephalites typicalis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocephalites typicalis was named by Resser (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Oryctocephalites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Oryctocephalites typicalis Resser p. 45 figs. pi. 3, figs. 1-6
1944Oryctocephalites typicalis Shimer and Shrock p. 257 figs. Figs. 14, 15
1968Oryctocephalites typicalis Frtiz p. 202 figs. pl. 41, Figs. 9 - 11
1969Oryctocephalites typicalis Shergold figs. text figs. 9a-f
1979Oryctocephalites typicalis Palmer and Halley p. 84 figs. Plate 13, figures l^t
1997Oryctocephalites typicalis Sundberg and McCollum p. 1073

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
subfamilyOryctocephalinaeBeecher 1897
genusOryctocephalitesResser 1939
speciestypicalisResser 1939

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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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: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Delamaran to the top of the Menevian or 511.20000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Oryctocephalites typicalis (77188 149565 155985)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Oryctocephalites typicalis (type locality: 50208)