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Oedicybele

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy

Species
O. kingi (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Oedicybele Whittington
1940Jemtella Thorslund
1957Oedicybele Kielan
1976Dindymenella Lu
1977Oedicybele Evitt and Tripp p. 158
1991Oedicybele Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
2002Oedicybele Jell and Adrain p. 413
2002Oedicybele Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
familyStaurocephalidaePrantl and Pribyl 1947
genusOedicybeleWhittington 1938

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. †Oedicybele Whittington 1938
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Oedicybele kingi Whittington 1938
Invalid names: Dindymenella Lu 1976 [synonym], Jemtella Thorslund 1940 [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
Created: 2009-06-11 14:51:52
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:52:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Hirnantian or 458.40000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Sweden O. sp. (2941)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Sweden (Vastergotland) O. clava (77099)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5China (GanSu) O. sp. (8565)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Poland O. kingi (164846)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) O. kingi (164567)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (3676)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) O. sp. (3675)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Poland O. sp. (2760)