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Oryctocarinae

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocarinae was named by Hupé (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Sundberg and McCollum (1997), Sundberg and McCollum (2003), Sundberg and McCollum (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Oryctocarinae Hupé
1997Oryctocarinae Sundberg and McCollum pp. 1084 -1085
2003Oryctocarinae Sundberg and McCollum p. 345

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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
subfamilyOryctocarinaeHupé 1953

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.

Subfm. †Oryctocarinae Hupé 1953
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G. †Microryctocara Sundberg and McCollum 1997
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†Microryctocara nevadensis Sundberg and McCollum 1997
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

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

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland Ovatoryctocara yaxiensis (235445) Ovatoryctocara yaxiensis, Ovatoryctocara granulata (225140)
Duyunian514.5 - 506.5China (Guizhou) Ovatoryctocara granulata (127438 128073 128075 128076 128081 128082 128084 128088 128090) Ovatoryctocara sp. (125076 125148 128272)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (California) Microryctocara nevadensis (69516 205005)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Nevada) Microryctocara nevadensis (10588 69449 69451 69452 69453 69454 69455 69488 69489 205002) Ovatoryctocara sp. (69446 69447)
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Russian Federation Ovatoryctocara granulata (232942 235444)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Greenland Ovatoryctocara yaxiensis, Ovatoryctocara granulata (193552 193553 193554 193555)