Ptychoparia Corda 1847 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Alternative spelling: Conocoryphe (Ptychoparia)

Synonym: Agraulopsis Ruzicka 1940

Parent taxon: Ptychopariinae according to V. Kordule 2006

See also Henningsmoen 1952, Jell and Adrain 2002, Meek 1873, Sepkoski 2002 and Snajdr 1958

Sister taxa: Mikaparia, Ptychoparioides

Subtaxa: Ptychoparia anderseni Ptychoparia annectans Ptychoparia annio Ptychoparia anytus Ptychoparia candace Ptychoparia candace Ptychoparia dubinka Ptychoparia haguei Ptychoparia logani Ptychoparia nitidus Ptychoparia pernasutus Ptychoparia pylas Ptychoparia striata Ptychoparia striatus Ptychoparia tuberosa Ptychoparia unisulcatus

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Type: Conocephalites striatus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Amgan of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Norway (1)

• Solvan of the Czech Republic (6)

• Delamaran of Canada (1: British Columbia), Mexico (1), United States (2: Montana)

• Cambrian of Canada (6: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon), the Czech Republic (5), India (1), South Korea (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (9: Nevada, New York)

Total: 38 collections including 43 occurrences

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