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Oryctocara geikei

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocara geikei was named by Walcott (1908). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 53426.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Oryctocara geikei Walcott p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusOryctocara
speciesgeikeiWalcott 1908

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.

Oryctocara geikei Walcott 1908
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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: 1.0 to < 10g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:03:27
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:03:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Delamaran or 515.30000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Utah) Oryctocara geikei (75633)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Idaho) Oryctocara geikei (76096)