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Ogygopsis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Ogygopsis was named by Walcott (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81,883]. Its type is Ogygia klotzi.

It was assigned to Ogygiocarinae by Walcott (1916); to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dorypygidae by Palmer and Halley (1979) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ogygopsis Walcott p. 446
1916Ogygopsis Walcott p. 375
1939Taxioura Resser
1979Ogygopsis Palmer and Halley p. 82
2002Ogygopsis Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Ogygopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusOgygopsis

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. †Ogygopsis Walcott 1889
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†Ogygopsis klotzi Rominger 1887
†Ogygopsis typicalis Resser 1979
Invalid names: Taxioura Resser 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektobenthicg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959). LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully motile fast, predator according to Bambach et al (2007).g
Created: 2009-06-09 21:45:52
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:36:48
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Merioneth or 515.30000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Utah) O. typicalis (75633)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) O. klotzi (222065)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland (Freuchen Land) O. batis (96480) O. typicalis (50036)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Idaho) O. typicalis (75632)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) O. batis (96417) O. sp. (7787)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (California-Nevada) O. sp. (204)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Pennsylvania) O. klotzi (7864 7866) O. sp. (214)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Nevada) O. sp. (77188) O. typicalis (149390 149391 149392 149393)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Utah) O. typicalis (10565)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5USA (Idaho) Taxioura sp. (207)
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) O. klotsi (225262) O. sp. (197)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) O. klotzi (10831 10850)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Canada (Brithish Columbia) O. klotzi (188664)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) O. klotzi (215)
St Davids509.0 - 497.0Greenland O. klotzi (10479 10480 10481)
Tuesaian505.3 - 503.0Kazakhstan O. sp. (118090)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica O. sp. (69505)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (Idaho) Taxioura magna (50208)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Idaho) O. sp., Taxioura sp. (198)