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Otarionini

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarionini was named by Richter and Richter (1926). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Otarioninae by Van Viersen et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Otarionini Richter and Richter
2019Otarionini Van Viersen et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926
tribeOtarioniniRichter and Richter 1926

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.

Tr. †Otarionini Richter and Richter 1926
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G. †Cyphaspis Burmeister 1843
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Cyphaspis advena Prantl and Přibyl 1950
Cyphaspis agayuara Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis akkae Alberti 1969
Cyphaspis barrandei Hawle and Corda 1847
Cyphaspis bluhmi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis boninoi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis brevimarginatus Walcott 1884
Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus Goldfuss 1843
Cyphaspis convexum Hawle and Corda 1847
Cyphaspis dabrowni Chatterton 1971
Cyphaspis eberhardiei Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis eximia Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis foumzguidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis globosus Bradley 1930
Cyphaspis hamidi Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis heisingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis heissae Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis hoepfneri Kowalski 1990
Cyphaspis hydrocephala Roemer 1843
Cyphaspis ihmadii Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis juergenhollandi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis khraidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis kippingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis lacrimara Pribyl and Vanek 1981
Cyphaspis lerougei Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis maharchensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis rommersheimensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis slocomi Raymond 1925
Cyphaspis smeenki Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis tadachachtensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis unguloides belgica Van Viersen and Prescher 2007
Cyphaspis walteri Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Invalid names: Novakaspis Pribyl 1946 [synonym]
G. †Otarion Zenker 1833
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Subg. †Otarion (Conoparia) Hawle and Corda 1847
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Conoparia aspera Hawle and Corda 1847
Conoparia novaki Bouček 1935
Subg. †Otarion (Otarion) Zenker 1833
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Otarion (Otarion) horani Etheridge and Mitchell 1893
Otarion diffractum Zenker 1833
Otarion ellipsocephalum Trenkner 1867
Otarion filmeri Mitchell 1919
Otarion huddyi Adrain and Chatterton 1994
Otarion listron Chatterton et al. 1979
Otarion stigmatophthalmus Richter 1914
Invalid names: Aulacopleurella Alberti 1981 [synonym]
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: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 475.30000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (300 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Otarion sp. (20826)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Cyphaspis brevimarginatus (232703)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Otarion sp. (205561)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion sp. (182194)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Otarion sp. (3651 3652)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion sp. (188938)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Otarion sp. (13129)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Otarion sp. (76338 105203)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Otarion sp. (24637)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Otarion sp. (23892)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2France (Hérault) Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (234856)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium Cyphaspis koimeterionensis (234780)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Cyphaspis sp. E (234779)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Otarion sp. (223204)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (223345 234880)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cyphaspis sp. (236362)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Morocco Otarion stigmatophthalmus (35385)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (38675 223518)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium Cyphaspis Van Viersen & Vanherle 2018 sp. F (234778)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86France Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (234854)