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Octillaenus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenidae

Taxonomy
Octillaenus was named by Salter (1867) [Sepkoski's age data: O u O Ashg-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Illaenidae by Raymond (1916) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Octillaenus Salter
1916Octillaenus Raymond p. 9
2002Octillaenus Jell and Adrain p. 412
2002Octillaenus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
familyIllaenidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusOctillaenusSalter 1867

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. †Octillaenus Salter 1867
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Octillaenus hisingeri Barrande 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-22 03:43:32
Modified: 2010-01-22 05:43:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Prague) O. sp. (76479)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic O. hisingeri (3875)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (3669)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) O. sp. (81276)