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Raphiophorus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Raphiophorus was named by Angelin (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1066,1075].

It was assigned to Raphiophorinae by Fortey (1975); to Raphiophoridae by Harrington and Leanza (1957), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Raphiophorus Angelin
1957Raphiophorus Harrington and Leanza
1975Raphiophorus Fortey p. 65
2002Raphiophorus Jell and Adrain p. 438
2002Raphiophorus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusRaphiophorusAngelin 1854

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. †Raphiophorus Angelin 1854
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†Raphiophorus lamasi Harrington and Leanza 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 08:23:55
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:23:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Pridoli or 486.40000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Colombia R. sp. (8864)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina R. sp. (9009)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Salta) R. lamasi (115851)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Czechia (Prague) R. sp. (76458)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (GanSu) R. sp. (8573)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Czechia R. sp. (3859)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (JiangSu) R. sp. (7943)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Sweden (Saljan) R. setirostris (77102)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5Sweden R. sp. (2771)
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden R. sp. (378 379)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) R. tenellus (153983 153984)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Maine) R. sp. (185954)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (3666 3671 3676 3681)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) R. sp. (3675)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Poland R. sp. (2760)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (England) R. aloniensis (50285)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6United Kingdom (England) R. parvulus (23091)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) R. niagarensis (26020)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia R. roualti (14028 14050 14103) R. sp. (14102)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Algeria R. rouaulti (27153)
Gorstian - Ludfordian426.7 - 422.7Czechia R. roualti (14127)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Morocco R. roualti (27029) R. rouaulti (27053)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (482)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Austria R. roualti (13908)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Italy (Sardinia) R. sp. (26187)