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Platycoryphe vieillardi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Homalonotus vieillardi was named by Tromelin (1877). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Platycoryphe vieillardi by Tromelin (1877), Henry (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Platycoryphe vieillardi Tromelin
1980Platycoryphe vieillardi Henry

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusPlatycorypheFoerste 1919
speciesvieillardi(Tromelin 1877)

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.

†Platycoryphe vieillardi Tromelin 1877
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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 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: Middle Ordovician or 471.30000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2France Platycoryphe vieillardi (174561)