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Occitanella

Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae

Taxonomy
Occitanella was named by Feist and Klapper (2022). Its type is Occitanella hexagonalis.

It was assigned to Phacopinae by Feist and Klapper (2022).

Species
O. hexagonalis (type species), O. linguiformis, O. postinflexa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Occitanella Feist and Klapper p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPhacopidaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPhacopinaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusOccitanella

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.

G. †Occitanella Feist and Klapper 2022
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†Occitanella hexagonalis Feist and Klapper 2022
†Occitanella linguiformis Feist et al. 2009
†Occitanella postinflexa Feist and Klapper 2022
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Feist and G. Klapper 2022Cephalon with moderately vaulted glabella without anterior overhang, small forwardly placed eyes not reaching anterolateral border furrow, long and shallow vincular furrow with low inflated posterior edge, markedly convex postvincular doublure; hypostome with conspicuously continuous median furrow and inflated posterior lobe. Pygidium long, with short, narrow axis, long postaxial ridge and postaxial field.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:21:11
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:24:24
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 383.70000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France O. hexagonalis (234853) O. postinflexa (234852)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Trimerocephaloides linguiformis (214756)