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Cyrtoprora

Trilobita - Lichida - Damesellidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoprora was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482 Sepkoski's age data: K Vala K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 1260]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Damesellidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Odontopleurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cyrtoprora Opik
2002Cyrtoprora Jell and Adrain p. 363
2002Cyrtopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderLichidaMoore 1959
superfamilyDameselloideaKobayashi 1935
familyDamesellidaeKobayashi 1935
genusCyrtoproraOpik 1967

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. †Cyrtoprora Opik 1967
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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: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:38:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available