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Phorocephala

Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae

Taxonomy
Phorocephala was named by Lu (1965). Its type is Phorocephala typa.

It was assigned to Telephinidae by Owen and Bruton (1980) and Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. pelagia, P. pinguimitra, P. setoni, P. shizipuensis, P. typa (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. genalata, P. plena, P. quadrata, P. ulugtana

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Phorocephala Lu
1965Carrickia Tripp
1975Carrickia Fortey p. 94
1980Phorocephala Owen and Bruton
2002Phorocephala Jell and Adrain p. 425
2002Carrickia Sepkoski
2002Phorocephala Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyTelephinidaeMarek 1952
genusPhorocephalaLu 1965

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. †Phorocephala Lu 1965
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†Phorocephala pelagia Tripp 1965
†Phorocephala pinguimitra Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1976
†Phorocephala setoni Shaw 1968
†Phorocephala typa Lu 1965
Invalid names: Carrickia Tripp 1965 [synonym]
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:13:25
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:33:12
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Mohawkian or 477.70000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Queensland) P. genalata (157053 157067)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) P. sp. (4709 4715)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) P. genalata (203696)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Carrickia pinguimitra (24621 25932 25933 25935 26054 26055 26057) Carrickia sp. (315)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) P. setoni (111363 111461)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) P. pinguimitra (25172)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Vermont) Carrickia setoni (103287)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Carrickia setoni (102998 103002 103004)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Carrickia sp. (80065)
Chazyan - Caradoc470.0 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Carrickia sp. (25308 25309 25310)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Carrickia sp. (206165 206166)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Carrickia sp. (186015 194972)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4China (Guizhou) P. shizipuensis (188420 188421)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Carrickia pelagia (182196)
Aurelucian458.4 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) P. pelagia (181539)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway P. sp. (2948)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0China (Gansu) P. quadrata (182202)
Gisbornian458.4 - 452.7China P. plena (187886) P. sp. (187887)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) Carrickia sp. (104499)
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (ShanXi) P. sp. (7885)
Actonian - Cautleyan454.0 - 448.8Iran (Gilan) P. ulugtana (232879 232880)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Norway Carrickia sp., P. sp. (163187) P. sp. (163188)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Carrickia chancharica (205628)
Rakvere - Nabala451.8 - 449.9Norway Carrickia sp., P. sp. (162533)