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Obrucheviaspis

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Obrucheviaspis was named by Ivshin (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-u Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 380]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Obrucheviaspis Ivshin
2002Obrucheviaspis Jell and Adrain p. 412
2002Obrucheviaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusObrucheviaspisIvshin 1953

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. †Obrucheviaspis Ivshin 1953
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available