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Leiocoryphe

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Leiocoryphe was named by Clark (1924) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plethopeltidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
L. brevis, L. gemma, L. occipitalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. lobata, L. longiceps

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Leiocoryphe Clark
2002Leiocoryphe Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Leiocoryphe 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
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusLeiocorypheClark 1924

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. †Leiocoryphe Clark 1924
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†Leiocoryphe brevis Raymond 1924
†Leiocoryphe gemma Clark 1924
†Leiocoryphe occipitalis Rasetti 1944
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: blindg
Created: 2010-01-02 09:04:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 11:04:15
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Dolgellian to the top of the Gasconadian or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) L. occipitalis (229379)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Vermont) L. brevis (8976) L. sp. (6870)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. brevis (81272) L. gemma, L. occipitalis (81269) L. occipitalis (81285 81287)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) L. brevis (8933)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) L. longiceps (219648) L. occipitalis (216017 216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) L. brevis (224137) L. occipitalis (224134 224136 224139)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) L. lobata (56487)