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Opipeuter

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Opipeuter was named by Fortey (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Aren-u Sepkoski's reference number: 565].

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Telephinidae by Fortey and Droser (1999) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Opipeuter Fortey
1996Ompheter Laurie and Shergold p. 83
1999Opipeuter Fortey and Droser p. 187
2002Opipeuter Jell and Adrain p. 414
2002Opipeuter Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusOpipeuterFortey 1974

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. †Opipeuter Fortey 1974
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Opipeuter angularis Young 1973
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Opipeuter emanuelensis princeps Laurie and Shergold 1996
Opipeuter emanuelensis remorator Laurie and Shergold 1996
Opipeuter emanuelensis translator Laurie and Shergold 1996
Opipeuter insignis Henderson 1983
Invalid names: Ompheter Laurie and Shergold 1996 [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: actively mobileg
Life habit: nektonicg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2004-02-29 10:14:02
Modified: 2004-02-29 12:14:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Yapeenian or 474.80000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) O. angularis (106470) O. inconnivus (106471 106472) O. sp. (106475)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) O. angularis (103540)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) O. sp. (195776)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Queensland) O. insignis (197362)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina O. sp. (8721)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Western Australia) Ompheter priscus (157165 157167) O. emanuelensis (157168 157174 157175 157178 157179 157180 157181 157183 157184 157185 157186)
Bendigonian474.9 - 473.1Australia (Tasmania) O. angularis (210260) O. inconnivus (210263)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Remopleuridiella angularis (69261)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Norway (Spitsbergen) O. inconnivus (106473)
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) O. sp. (104653)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian470.0 - 467.3Ireland O. inconnivus (153922)