Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative spelling: Sphaerocoryphe (Hemisphaerocoryphe)
Synonym: Ellipsocoryphe Lu 1975
Parent taxon: Cheiruridae according to Z. Zhou et al. 2014
See also Hansen 2005, Jell and Adrain 2002, Nikolaisen 1961, Sepkoski 2002, Warburg 1925 and Zhou et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Acanthoparyphinae, Actinopeltis, Anasobella, Ancyginaspis, Arcticeraurinella, Areia, Areiaspis, Borealaspis, Bornholmaspis, Ceraurinium, Cerauromeros, Cerauropeltis, Ceraurus, Chacomurus, Cheirurinae, Cheirurus, Chiozoon, Contracheirurus, Crotalocephalides, Cyrtometopinae, Cyrtometopus, Deiphon, Deiphoninae, Didrepanon, Eccoptochilinae, Forteyops, Foulonia, Gabriceraurus, Hammannopyge, Hapsiceraurus, Heliomera, Heliomeroides, Holia, Holotrachelus, Hyrokybe, Junggarella, Kawina, Kolymella, Krattaspis, Ktenoura, Laneites, Lehua, Onycopyge, Osekaspis, Parayoungia, Parisoceraurus, Pateraspis, Patomaspis, Pilekiinae, Placoparina, Pompeckia, Proromma, Protocerauroides, Pseudocheirurus, Radiurus, Ratinkaspis, Reraspis, Sphaerexochinae, Sphaexerochinae, Stubblefieldia, Sycophantia, Turantyx, Valongia, Whittakerites, Xylabion, Xystocrania, Youngia, Zazvorkaspis, Kinderlania
Subtaxa: Hemisphaerocoryphe elliptica Hemisphaerocoryphe granulata Hemisphaerocoryphe huebneri Hemisphaerocoryphe inflatus Hemisphaerocoryphe platinflata Hemisphaerocoryphe pseudohemicranium Hemisphaerocoryphe sphaericus
Type: Sphaerexochus pseudohemicranium
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Uhaku of Norway (3 collections)
• Volkhov of the Russian Federation (7)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (5), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (13)
Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences
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