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Leiocoryphe brevis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Stenopilus brevis was named by Raymond (1924).

It was recombined as Leiocoryphe brevis by Rasetti (1944).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Stenopilus brevis Raymond p. 245
1944Leiocoryphe brevis Rasetti p. 245

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusLeiocorypheClark 1924
speciesbrevis(Raymond 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.

Leiocoryphe brevis Raymond 1924
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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 Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 492.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Vermont) Leiocoryphe brevis (8976)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leiocoryphe brevis (81272)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Leiocoryphe brevis (224137)