Ovatoryctocara

Ovatoryctocara; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Corynexochida
Family:	†Oryctocephalidae
Genus:	†Ovatoryctocara; Tchernysheva, 1962
Species
	O. ovata (Tchernysheva, 1960) (Type) synonym Oryctocara ovata; O. angusta (Tchernysheva, 1962) synonym Oryctocara angusta O. angusta angusta; O. angusta snegirevae (Suvorova, 1964) synonym Oryctocara snegirevae; ; O. doliiformis Korovnikov & Shavanov, 2008; O. granulata (Tchernysheva, 1962) synonyms O. yaxiensis, Oryctocara granulata;

Ovatoryctocara is a genus of small corynexochid trilobites from the Cambrian, that lived in what now are Siberia, China, Greenland and Canada (Newfoundland). Ovatoryctocara can be recognised by the combination of the following characters: the central raised area of the cephalon (or glabella) is approximately cylindrical and has two rows of four triangular or round pits. The thorax only has 5 or 6 segments. The tailshield (or pygidium) has an axis (or rhachis) of 6 to 12 rings, the pleural furrows are well developed and the border is absent or narrow as a hair. It is in the subfamily Oryctocarinae.