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Odontopleura (Odontopleura)

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Odontopleura (Odontopleura) Emmrich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusOdontopleuraEmmrich 1839
subgenusOdontopleuraEmmrich 1839

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.

Subg. †Odontopleura (Odontopleura) Emmrich 1839
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Odontopleura (Odontopleura) arctica Adrain and Chatterton 1990
Odontopleura (Odontopleura) brevigena Chatterton and Perry 1983
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Invalid names: Odontopleura perpeta Snajdr 1984 [synonym]
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
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:44:05
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:44:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Whitwellian or 430.60000 to 429.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitwellian430.6 - 429.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Odontopleura brevigena (26042 26048)