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Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocephalus kueizhouensis was named by Lu and Chien (1974). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis by Sundberg and McCollum (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Oryctocephalus kueizhouensis Lu and Chien
1997Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis 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
specieskueizhouensis(Lu and Chien 1974)

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.

Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis Lu and Chien 1974
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available