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Oestokerkus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Megacheira : Leanchoiliida : Leanchoiliidae : Oestokerkus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 516 - 513 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. D. Edgecombe, D. C. García-Bellido, and J. R. Paterson. 2011. A New Leanchoiliid Megacheiran Arthropod from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale, South Australia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(2):385-400 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Oestokerkus megacholix ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 516 Ma Cambrian | 516 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2011 | Oestokerkus Edgecombe et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!