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Otarion
Taxonomy
Otarion was named by Zenker (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Otarionidae by Whittington (1941); to Aulacopleurinae by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2003); and to Otarionini by Van Viersen et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Otarionidae by Whittington (1941); to Aulacopleurinae by Thomas and Owens (1978); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2003); and to Otarionini by Van Viersen et al. (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Otarion Zenker p. 67 |
| 1847 | Conoparia Hawle and Corda |
| 1941 | Otarion Whittington p. 512 |
| 1965 | Otarionella Weyber |
| 1978 | Otarion Thomas and Owens p. 66 |
| 1978 | Otarionella Thomas and Owens p. 73 |
| 1981 | Aulacopleurella Alberti |
| 2002 | Otarion Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Otarionella Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Otarion Jell and Adrain p. 415 |
| 2019 | Otarion Van Viersen et al. p. 23 |
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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. †Otarion Zenker 1833
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Subg. †Otarion (Otarion) Zenker 1833
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†Otarion (Otarion) balanops Erben 1953
†Otarion (Otarion) bowningenis Mitchell 1888
†Otarion (Otarion) horani Etheridge and Mitchell 1893
†Otarion diffractum Zenker 1833
†Otarion filmeri Mitchell 1919
†Otarion huddyi Adrain and Chatterton 1994
†Otarion listron Chatterton et al. 1979
†Otarion stigmatophthalmus Richter 1914
Invalid names: Aulacopleurella Alberti 1981 [synonym], Conoparia Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym], Otarionella Weyber 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available