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Pterocoryphe platymarginata

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Pterocoryphe platymarginata was named by Van Viersen and Vanherle (2018). Its type specimen is IRSNB a13194, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc095, southeast of Mariembourg, which is in a Frasnian reef, buildup or bioherm floatstone in the Champ Broquet Formation of Belgium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Pterocoryphe platymarginata Van Viersen and Vanherle p. 81 fig. 0C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyPteropariinae
genusPterocorypheFeist 1976
speciesplatymarginata

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.

Pterocoryphe platymarginata Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Frasnian or 375.20000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) Pterocoryphe platymarginata (type locality: 234776)