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Conophrys

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Conophrys was named by Callaway (1877).

It was assigned to Shumardiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Species
C. minutula, C. pusilla
Species lacking formal opinion data
Shumardia pentagonalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Conophrys Callaway
2002Conophrys Jell and Adrain p. 360
2013Conophrys Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusConophrysCallaway 1877

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. †Conophrys Callaway 1877
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†Conophrys minutula Harrington 1938
†Conophrys pusilla Sars 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Blackhillsian or 486.50000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina C. sp. (115453 115455 115457)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran C. simehensis (185918 185921 185922 185923)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Bolivia (Tarija) C. victoriensis (210709)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) C. minutula (74338) Shumardia minutula (115705 115716 115818 116075)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway (Ovre Oren) Shumardia pusilla (75288)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Jujuy) Shumardia minutula (9087 115662 115663 115671 210703)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Shumardia pusilla (76572)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) Shumardia pusilla (3183 167677 167678)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) Shumardia pusilla (3710)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) C. pusilla (208319 208327 208330)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina C. sp. (208287 208294)
Stairsian - Whiterockian485.4 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Shumardia minutula (281)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) C. sp. (189839)