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Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus was named by Zhou and Zhou (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus Zhou and Zhou p. 455 figs. 1A-D
2019Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus Zhou and Zhou p. 161 figs. 9B-D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyHammatocneminae(Kielan 1960)
genusOvalocephalusKoroleva 1959
specieseoprimitivusZhou and Zhou 2008

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.

†Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus Zhou and Zhou 2008
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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 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Floian or 477.70000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Ovalocephalus eoprimitivus (221197 221198)