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Oinochoe ✝
Description | An oenochoe, also spelled oinochoe (Ancient Greek: οἰνοχόη; from Ancient Greek: οἶνος oînos, "wine" and Ancient Greek: χέω khéō, "I pour"; plural oenochoai or oinochoai), is a wine jug and a key form of ancient Greek pottery. There are many different forms of oenochoe; Sir John Beazley distinguished ten types. The earliest is the olpe (ὀλπή, olpḗ), with no distinct shoulder and usually a handle rising above the lip. The "type 8 oenochoe" is what one would call a mug, with no single pouring point and a slightly curved profile. The chous (χοῦς; pl. choes) was a squat rounded form, with trefoil mouth. Small examples with scenes of children, as in the example illustrated, were placed in the graves of children. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oinochoe, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Lichida : Lichidae : Oinochoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Oinochoe Thomas & Holloway, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 321 No. 1205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 411 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Lichidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Lichida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. T. Thomas and D. J. Holloway. 1988. Classification and phylogeny of the trilobite order Lichida. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 321:179-262 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oinochoe |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Oinochoe bigsbyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Oinochoe coccymelum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 423 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Oinochoe pustulosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Oinochoe Thomas and Holloway p. 190 |
2002 | Oinochoe Jell and Adrain p. 413 |
2002 | Oinochoe Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Oinochoe Pollitt et al. p. 238 |
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!