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Orphanaspis ✝
| Description | Orphanaspis is a poorly known genus of odontopleurid trilobite in the family Odontopleuridae. The genus is originally based on poorly preserved material from the Wenlock-aged Motol Formation in Bohemia, Czech Republic, described by Joachim Barrande, in 1852, as "Trilobites orphana." In 1945, Prantl and Pribyl reclassify T. orphana as Orphanaspis orphana. Some experts suspect that O. orphana may actually be a species of Dicranurus, thereby extending the temporal range of that, otherwise Devonian-restricted genus well into the Silurian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanaspis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Odontopleurida : Orphanaspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Odontopleurida : Odontopleuridae : Orphanaspis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Orphanaspis Prantl & Pribyl, 1949 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Rozpr. Stát. Geol. Úst. csl., 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Odontopleuridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Odontopleuridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphanaspis |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1949 | Orphanaspis Prantl and Pribyl |
| 2002 | Orphanaspis Jell and Adrain p. 415 |
| 2002 | Orphanaspis Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
