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Eocyphinium
Taxonomy
Eocyphinium was named by Reed (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Phillipsiinae by Osmólska (1970); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Phillipsiinae by Osmólska (1970); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1942 | Eocyphinium Reed pp. 649-672 |
| 1943 | Metaphillipsia Reed |
| 1970 | Eocyphinium Osmólska |
| 1977 | Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) Chamberlain p. 767 |
| 1990 | Eocyphinium (Metaphillipsia) Hahn and Hahn |
| 2002 | Eocyphinium Jell and Adrain |
| 2002 | Metaphillipsia Jell and Adrain p. 406 |
| 2002 | Eocyphinium 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. †Eocyphinium Reed 1942
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†Eocyphinium seminiferum Phillips 1836
Invalid names: Metaphillipsia Reed 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| H. Osmólska 1970 | Exoskeleton spinose, "subcrania l furrow" present along the cephalon ;
short gena l spines; anterior border vertica l, upturned, attached to glabella which is con stricted medially and at least as broad fronta lly as across the base ; weakly pronounced pre occipital lobe present; anterior branch of facial suture parallel to axial furrow; pygidium long to very long ; axis of 14-17 rings, ribs consisting only of anterior bands, the posterior ones forming th eir slopes . |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Brigantian or 353.80000 to 330.90000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ivorian | Belgium | E. smertrios (37127) | |
| Chadian | United Kingdom (England) | E. clitheroensis (5961) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | E. castletonensis (5966) Griffithides seminiferus (5995) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | Metaphillipsia sp. (6956) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | E. breve (5967) E. seminiferum (229167) |