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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4636645	https://www.gbif.org/species/4636645
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	19637	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=19637

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Oryctocephalidae : Oryctocephalites

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	Corynexochida	Kobayashi 1935
suborder	Corynexochina	Kobayashi 1935
family	Oryctocephalidae	Beecher 1897
subfamily	Oryctocephalinae	Beecher 1897
genus	Oryctocephalites	Resser 1939

Scientific Name

Oryctocephalites Resser, 1939

Name Published In

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 98 (24)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Oryctocephalites	genus	belongs to Oryctocephalidae	stated with evidence	Palmer and Halley, 1979
Oryctocephalites	genus	belongs to Oryctocephalinae	stated with evidence	Sundberg and McCollum, 1997
Oryctocephalites	genus	belongs to Corynexochida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Oryctocephalites	genus	belongs to Oryctocephalidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Corynexochida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Oryctocephalidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Corynexochida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

minor spines

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Oryctocephalites alexandriensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites burgessensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites gelasinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites incertus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites kueizhouensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites limbatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites opiki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites palmeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites rasettii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites resseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites reynoldsi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites runcinatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites salteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites sulcatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites typicalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Oryctocephalites vicinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Oryctocephalites walcotti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	516 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Oryctocephalites Resser
1979	Oryctocephalites Palmer and Halley p. 83
1997	Oryctocephalites Sundberg and McCollum p. 1079
2002	Oryctocephalites Jell and Adrain p. 415
2002	Oryctocephalites Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Palmer A. R., Halley R. B. (1979) Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047, 1-131

Sundberg F. A., McCollum L. B. (1997) Oryctocephalids (Corynexochida: Trilobita) of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval from California and Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 77 6, 1065-1090

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Smithson. Misc. Coll., 98 (24) - 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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