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Ovatoryctocara

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Ovatoryctocara was named by Chernysheva (1960). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Arthricocephalus by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Oryctocarinae by Sundberg and McCollum (2003).

Species
O. granulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. yaxiensis, O. yaxiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Ovatoryctocara Chernysheva
2003Ovatoryctocara Sundberg and McCollum p. 963

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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
subfamilyOryctocarinaeHupé 1953
genusOvatoryctocaraChernysheva 1960

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. †Ovatoryctocara Chernysheva 1960
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†Ovatoryctocara granulata Chernysheva 1960
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 23:31:52
Modified: 2009-12-15 01:31:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Duyunian to the top of the Delamaran or 514.50000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland O. yaxiensis (235445) O. yaxiensis, O. granulata (225140)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) O. granulata (127438 128073 128075 128076 128081 128082 128084 128088 128090) O. sp. (125076 125148 128272)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) O. sp. (69446 69447)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation O. granulata (232942 235444)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Greenland O. yaxiensis, O. granulata (193552 193553 193554 193555)