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Meniscocoryphe
Taxonomy
Meniscocoryphe was named by Ludvigsen et al. (1989).
It was assigned to Plethopeltidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Ludvigsen et al. (1989), Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Plethopeltidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Ludvigsen et al. (1989), Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Meniscocoryphe Ludvigsen et al. |
| 2002 | Meniscocoryphe Jell and Adrain p. 404 |
| 2002 | Meniscocorphye Sepkoski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Meniscocoryphe Ludvigsen et al. 1989
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†Meniscocoryphe platycephala Kobayashi 1935
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Invalid names: Leiocoryphe transversa Rasetti 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sunwaptan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | M. drepane (81272) M. drepane, M. platycephala (81270 81271) | |
| Sunwaptan | Canada (Alberta) | Leiocoryphe platycephala (54094 54096 81297 81298 81301) | |
| Sunwaptan | USA (Oklahoma) | Leiocoryphe platycephala (240416 240444 240448) | |
| Dolgellian | Canada (Quebec) | Leiocoryphe transversa (8933 8934) | |
| Trempealeauan | USA (South Dakota) | M. platycephala (240654) | |
| Trempealeauan | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | Leiocoryphe platycephala (105858) | |
| Trempealeauan | USA (Wyoming) | M. platycephala (9774 9777) | |
| Trempealeauan | USA (Nevada) | Leiocoryphe platycephala (233789) |