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Ovalocephalus ovatus

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
O. eoprimitivus, O. kanlingensis, O. kelleri, O. tetrasulcatus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. decorosus, O. primitivus, O. primitivus, O. yangtzeensis

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
subfamilyHammatocneminae(Kielan 1960)
genusOvalocephalusKoroleva 1959
speciesovatus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Caradoc or 452.80000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (Guizhou) Ovalocephalus ovatus (182197 182198 182199 182200)
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (JiangSu) Ovalocephalus ovatus (192793 192794 192796)