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Platycoryphe

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Platycoryphe Foerste
1974Liangshanaspis Zhang
1977Platycoryphe Thomas p. 168
1981Platycoryphe Owen
2002Platycoryphe Jell and Adrain p. 426
2002Platycoryphe Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusPlatycorypheFoerste 1919

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. †Platycoryphe Foerste 1919
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†Platycoryphe bohemica Barrande 1852
†Platycoryphe christyi Hall 1860
†Platycoryphe dangeardi Henry 1971
†Platycoryphe dyaulax Thomas 1977
†Platycoryphe heberti Lebesconte 1887
†Platycoryphe platycephala Foerste 1910
†Platycoryphe vieillardi Tromelin 1877
†Platycoryphe vulcani Murchison 1839
Invalid names: Liangshanaspis Zhang 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Rhuddanian or 478.60000 to 440.80000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7759)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Loire-Atlantique, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Manche) P. sp. (20864)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20826)
Klabava478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) P. sp. (20824)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France P. heberti (174542) P. heberti, P. dangeardi (174543)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4France P. vieillardi (174561)
Oretanian468.0 - 459.0Spain (Guadalajara) P. sp. (194896)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom P. vulcani (234033)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic P. bohemica (3861)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) P. sp. (367 368)
Wufeng449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangsu) P. sp. (75548)
Wufeng449.5 - 443.7China (Hubei) P. sp. (4687)
Wufeng - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4China (Sichuan) Liangshanaspis sp. (7665)
Cautleyan - Hirnantian449.2 - 443.4China (GanSu) Liangshanaspis sp. (8557)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Asker) P. sp. (163378)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China P. sp. (61386)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Hubei) P. sp. (151941)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Hunan) P. sinensis (195042)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Shaanxi) P. sinensis (75542 75544)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker District) P. sp. (364)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (184385)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Kazakhstan P. sinensis (153085 153086 153087)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4China (Guizhou) P. sinensis (153000)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8China (Shaanxi) P. sinensis (27797)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Saudi Arabia P. dyaulax (228239 228240 228241)