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Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) Richter and Richter

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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

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.

Subg. †Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) Richter and Richter 1951
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†Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) gloriola Richter and Richter 1951
†Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pfeifferi Richter and Richter 1951
†Diacoryphe (Diacoryphe) pygmaea Hahn et al. 1994
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

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

Collections (25 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 Diacoryphe bicylindrica (42850) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe palpebralifera, Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (42857)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Austria Diacoryphe pygmaea, Diacoryphe pfeifferi (37220) Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (38616 42416 42853)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany (Thuringia) Diacoryphe gloriola, Diacoryphe muehltalensis, Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (37222) Diacoryphe muehltalensis, Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (37224 37225) Diacoryphe pfeifferi (37231 37232 37233 37234 37235 37236) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe gloriola (37237) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe gloriola, Diacoryphe muehltalensis, Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (37223) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe gloriola, Diacoryphe palpebralifera, Diacoryphe muehltalensis (37229) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe gloriola, Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (37228) Diacoryphe pfeifferi, Diacoryphe muehltalensis (37227) Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (37230)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Diacoryphe gloriola (38646 229363)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Germany Diacoryphe schoenlaubi (42854)