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Auritamidae

Trilobita - Auritamidae

Taxonomy
Auritamidae was named by Opik (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Adrain (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Auritamidae Opik
2002Auritamidae Jell and Adrain p. 467
2011Auritamidae Adrain p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyAuritamidaeOpik 1967
familyAuritamidaeOpik 1967

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. †Auritamidae Opik 1967
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G. †Auritama Opik 1976
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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available