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Oryctocara geikiei

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocara geikiei was named by Walcott (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 53426, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spence Gulch, which is in a Delamaran/Topazan marine shale in the Ute Formation of Idaho.

It was corrected as Oryctocara geikei by Walcott (1908).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Oryctocara geikei Walcott p. 23
1908Oryctocara geikiei Walcott p. 23 figs. Plate 1, Figures 9, 10
1939Oryctocara geikei Resser

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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
speciesgeikiei

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 geikiei 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 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 509.70000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3Canada (British Columbia) Oryctocara geikiei (121959)
Delamaran - Topazan509.7 - 504.5USA (Idaho) Oryctocara geikiei (type locality: 68909)