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Remopleurididae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267141	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267141
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	103546	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103546

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Remopleurididae	Hawle and Corda 1847

Scientific Name

Remopleurididae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Remopleuridacea	stated without evidence	Harrington and Leanza, 1957
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Agnostida	stated without evidence	Robison and Pantoja-Alor, 1968
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Asaphida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Asaphida	stated without evidence	Owens and Fortey, 2009
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Olenida	stated with evidence	Adrain, 2011
Remopleurididae	family	belongs to Asaphoidea	stated with evidence	Fortey and Bruton, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

152

First Recorded Appearance

505 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

446 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

well-developed

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Asaphida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

Swimming, nektobenthic (McKerrow, 1979).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor. 1968. Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 42(3):767-800

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Remopleuridinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		549	488 Ma Cambrian	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Aktugaiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Amphitryon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Apatokephalina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Apatokephaloides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Apatokephalops ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Apatokephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		96	501 Ma Cambrian	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Artokephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Blosyropsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Deanokephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Diplapatokephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Dislobosaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Elkanaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Eorobergia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	488 Ma Cambrian	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Haniwa ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	499 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Hastiremopleurides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Hexacopyge ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hypodicranotus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Ivshinaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	499 Ma Cambrian	494 Ma Cambrian
Jiia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Kainella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		73	497 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Lacorsalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	488 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Lohanpopsis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Loshanella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Mendosina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Menoparia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Naustia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Oculeus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	505 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Praepatokephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Protapatokephalus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudokainella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		56	499 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Pugilator ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Remopleurella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Remopleurides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		399	488 Ma Cambrian	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Remopleuridiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	485 Ma Cambrian	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Richardsonella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Robergia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		47	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Robergiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	485 Ma Cambrian	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Scinocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Sculptaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Sculptella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sigmakainella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Sunocavia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Taishania ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	499 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Yosimuraspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Remopleurididae Hawle and Corda
1924	Richardsonellidae Raymond
1930	Kainellidae Ulrich and Resser
1957	Remopleurididae Harrington and Leanza
1957	Richardsonellinae Harrington and Leanza
1968	Remopleurididae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 794

Year	Name and Author
1997	Remopleurididae Whittington et al. p. 301
2000	Richardsonellidae Bao and Jago pp. 897, 908
2009	Remopleurididae Owens and Fortey
2011	Remopleurididae Adrain p. 107
2013	Remopleurididae Fortey and Bruton

References

Robison R. A., Pantoja-Alor J. (1968) Tremadocian trilobites from the Nochixtlan Region, Oaxaca, Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 42 3, 767-800

Harrington H. J., Leanza A. F. (1957) Ordovician trilobites of Argentina, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1, 1-276

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Bao J.-S., Jago J.B. (2000) Late Late Cambrian trilobites from near Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania, Palaeontology 43 5, 881-917

Owens R. M., Fortey R. A. (2009) Silicified Upper Ordovician trilobites from Pai-Khoi, arctic Russia, Palaeontology 52 6, 1209-1220

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Fortey R. A., Bruton D. L. (2013) Lower Ordovician trilobites of the Kirtonryggen Formation, Spitsbergen, Fossils and Strata 59, 1-116

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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