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Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Diacoryphe pfeifferi was named by Richter and Richter (1951). It is the type species of Diacoryphe, Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe).

It was recombined as Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi by Hahn et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Diacoryphe pfeifferi Richter and Richter
1995Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi Hahn et al. p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusDiacoryphe
subgenusDiacoryphe
speciespfeifferi()

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.

Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi Richter and Richter 1951
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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
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 02:38:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:38:19
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Hastarian or 364.70000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Diacoryphe pfeifferi (229359)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany (Thuringia) Diacoryphe pfeifferi (37223 37227 37228 37229 37231 37232 37233 37234 37235 37236 37237)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany Diacoryphe pfeifferi (42857)