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Odontopleura (Odontopleura) brevigena

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Odontopleura brevigena was named by Chatterton and Perry (1983).

It was recombined as Odontopleura (Odontopleura) brevigena by Adrain and Chatterton (1990).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Odontopleura brevigena Chatterton and Perry p. 18 figs. PL 1, figs. 1-34.
1984Odontopleura perpeta Snajdr p. 103 figs. PI. 2, figs 1-2
1990Odontopleura (Odontopleura) brevigena Adrain and Chatterton p. 610

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusOdontopleuraEmmrich 1839
subgenusOdontopleuraEmmrich 1839
speciesbrevigena()

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.

Odontopleura (Odontopleura) brevigena Chatterton and Perry 1983
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Invalid names: Odontopleura perpeta Snajdr 1984 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 14:44:05
Modified: 2009-06-09 16:44:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Whitwellian or 430.50000 to 425.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitwellian430.5 - 425.4Canada (Northwest Territories) Odontopleura brevigena (26042 26048)