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Oligometopus
Taxonomy
Oligometopus was named by Resser (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran Sepkoski's reference number: 494].
It was assigned to Corynexochidae by Resser (1936); to Cheilocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Corynexochidae by Resser (1936); to Cheilocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1936 | Oligometopus Resser pp. 28 - 29 |
| 1949 | Bernicella Frederickson |
| 2002 | Oligometopus Jell and Adrain p. 414 |
| 2002 | Oligometopus Sepkoski |
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G. †Oligometopus Resser 1936
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†Oligometopus breviceps Walcott 1884
†Oligometopus contractus Palmer 1965
Invalid names: Bernicella Frederickson 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. E. Resser 1936 | Cranidium only part known. Broad, with wide gla- bella and fixed cheeks. Glabella wide, rounded in front, apparently with a faint rear pair of joined glabellar furrows. Eyes slightly be- hind middle of head ; eye lines developed. Brim consists of narrow rim only. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Steptoean | USA (Nevada) | O. contractus (114296 114605) | |
| Steptoean | USA (Vermont) | O. vermontensis (8977) | |
| Dresbachian | USA (Alaska) | O. breviceps (225279) | |
| Franconian | Canada (Newfoundland) | O. sp. (197982) |