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Otarionidae

Trilobita - Proetida - Otarionidae

Taxonomy
Otarionidae was named by Richter and Richter (1926). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Aulacopleuridae by Thomas and Owens (1978); it was reranked as the subfamily Otarioninae by Adrain and Kloc (1997).

It was assigned to Aulacopleuridae by Adrain and Kloc (1997); and to Aulacopleuroidea by Lamsdell and Selden (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Otarionidae Richter and Richter
1997Otarioninae Adrain and Kloc p. 705
2015Otarionidae Lamsdell and Selden p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926
familyOtarionidaeRichter and Richter 1926

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.

Fm. †Otarionidae Richter and Richter 1926
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G. †Beggaspis Pribyl and Vanek 1981
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Beggaspis elongatum Begg 1939
Beggaspis tenuis Kielan 1960
Tr. †Otarionini Richter and Richter 1926
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G. †Cyphaspis Burmeister 1843
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Cyphaspis agayuara Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis bluhmi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis boninoi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis brevimarginatus Walcott 1884
Cyphaspis ceratophthalmus Goldfuss 1843
Cyphaspis dabrowni Chatterton 1971
Cyphaspis eberhardiei Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis eximia Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis foumzguidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis globosus Bradley 1930
Cyphaspis hamidi Chatterton et al. 2006
Cyphaspis heisingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis heissae Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis ihmadii Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis juergenhollandi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis khraidensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis kippingi Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis lerougei Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis maharchensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis rommersheimensis Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
Cyphaspis slocomi Raymond 1925
Cyphaspis smeenki Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis tadachachtensis Van Viersen and Holland 2016
Cyphaspis unguloides belgica Van Viersen and Prescher 2007
Cyphaspis walteri Van Viersen and Prescher 2014
G. †Otarion Zenker 1833
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Subg. †Otarion (Otarion) Zenker 1833
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Otarion (Otarion) horani Etheridge and Mitchell 1893
Otarion diffractum Zenker 1833
Otarion filmeri Mitchell 1919
Otarion huddyi Adrain and Chatterton 1994
Otarion listron Chatterton et al. 1979
Otarion stigmatophthalmus Richter 1914
Invalid names: Aulacopleurella Alberti 1981 [synonym], Conoparia Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym], Otarionella Weyber 1965 [synonym]
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 474.90000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (302 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Otarion sp. (20826)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) Cyphaspis brevimarginatus (232703)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Otarion spinicaudatum (103000 103001 103002)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Otarion sp. (205561)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion sp. (182194)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Otarion sp. (3651 3652)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Otarion sp. (188938)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Otarion sp. (13129)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Virginia) Otarion sp. (76338 105203)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Otarion sp. (24637)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco Otarion sp. (207847)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Iowa) Cyphaspis sp. (94215 94216)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany Cyphaspis heissae (144092) Otarion sp. (5907)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Otarion sp. (83918)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain Otarion sp. (27714)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Colombia (Boyaca) Cyphaspis sp. (36012)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Otarion sp. (223204)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1France (Alsace) Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany Cyphaspis stigmatophthalmus (223345)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Morocco Otarion stigmatophthalmus (35385)