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Sphaerophthalmella

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerophthalmella was named by Kobayashi (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Boeckaspis Henningsmoen
1955Sphaerophthalmella Kobayashi
2002Sphaerophthalmella Jell and Adrain p. 447
2002Boeckaspis Sepkoski
2002Sphaerophthalmella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusSphaerophthalmellaKobayashi 1955

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. †Sphaerophthalmella Kobayashi 1955
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Invalid names: Boeckaspis Henningsmoen 1955 [synonym]
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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) Boeckaspis sp. (3712)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway Boeckaspis hirsuta (3105)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7United Kingdom Boeckaspis hirsuta (229517)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8Norway (Naersnes) Boeckaspis hirsuta (156947 156955)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Avilés) Boeckaspis sp. (9104)