Ovatoryctocara granulata

Ovatoryctocara granulata is a species of corynexochid trilobite from the Cambrian. Its first appearance is one of the proposals for the base of Wuliuan (The other proposal having been Oryctocephalus indicus). The species was first formally described by the Russian paleontologist N.Ye. Tchernysheva in 1962.

Ovatoryctocara granulata
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Corynexochida
Family: Oryctocephalidae
Genus: Ovatoryctocara
Species:
O. granulata
Binomial name
Ovatoryctocara granulata
Tchernysheva, 1962

Ovatoryctocara granulata appears close to the base of the Ovatoryctocara trilobite zone and can be found up to the Kounamkites zone.

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