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Sphaerocoryphe ludvigseni

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Sphaerocoryphe ludvigseni was named by Chatterton (1980) [Paratypes: UA 2733-52, 2754-5, GSC 43563-4.]. Its type specimen is UA 2753, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sunblood Mountain Calyptaulax-Ceraurinella Biofacies (A-110), which is in a Chazyan deep subtidal limestone in the Esbataottine Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Sphaerocoryphe ludvigseni Chatterton p. 43 figs. Pl. 13, figs. 22-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyDeiphoninaeRaymond 1913
genusSphaerocorypheAngelin 1854
speciesludvigseni

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.

Sphaerocoryphe ludvigseni Chatterton 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-10 01:31:04
Modified: 2010-01-10 03:31:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Sphaerocoryphe ludvigseni (type locality: 25932) Sphaerocoryphe pemphis (25933)