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Oryctocephalops

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Oryctocephalops was named by Lermontova (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 474]. It is not extant. Its type is Oryctocephalops frischenfeldi.

It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Oryctocephalops Lermontova
2002Oryctocephalops Jell and Adrain p. 415
2002Oryctocephalops 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
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusOryctocephalopsLermontova 1940

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. †Oryctocephalops Lermontova 1940
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Oryctocephalops frischenfeldi Lermontova 1940
Oryctocephalops guizhouensis Zhao and Yuan 2002
Oryctocephalops tongrenensis Lu and Qian 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available