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Tropidocoryphinae

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Tropidocoryphinae Pribyl pp. 89-95
1953Denemarkiinae Hupé
1973Tropidocoryphinae Owens p. 133
1981Tropidocoryphinae Owen
1982Tropidocoryphinae Owen and Harper
1994Tropidocoryphidae Owens
2002Tropidocoryphidae Feist
2002Tropidocoryphidae Jell and Adrain p. 481
2003Denemarkiinae Feist p. 438
2011Tropidocoryphidae Adrain p. 106
2013Tropidocoryphinae Feist and McNamara
2015Tropidocoryphidae Lamsdell and Selden
2018Tropidocoryphinae Feist and Belka p. 286
2019Tropidocoryphinae Van Viersen et al. p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946

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.

Subfm. †Tropidocoryphinae Pribyl 1946
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G. †Alberticoryphe Erben 1966
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Alberticoryphe chemazur Snajdr 1980
Alberticoryphe cogneyi Alberti 1964
Alberticoryphe rugosa Alberti 1967
G. †Chlupaciparia Feist 2003
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Subg. †Chlupaciparia (Australoparia) Feist and McNamara 2013
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Chlupaciparia (Australoparia) australis Feist and McNamara 2013
Chlupaciparia (Australoparia) lata Feist and McNamara 2013
Subg. †Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) Feist 2003
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Chlupaciparia (Chlupaciparia) planiops Feist and McNamara 2013
Chlupaciparia oculata Feist and Clarkson 1989
Chlupaciparia ziegleri Feist and Schindler 1994
G. †Decoroproetus Pribyl 1946
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Subg. †Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus) Pribyl 1946
Decoroproetus asellus Esmark 1833
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Invalid names: Decoroproetus leptaenarum Wiman 1907 [synonym], Decoroproetus mactaggarti Begg 1946 [synonym], Decoroproetus modestus Tornquist 1884 [synonym], Decoroproetus remotus Warburg 1925 [synonym]
Decoroproetus bodae Owens 1973
Decoroproetus brevifrons Angelin 1854
Decoroproetus corycoeus Conrad 1842
Decoroproetus decorus Barrande 1846
Decoroproetus evexus Owens 1973
Decoroproetus farragatus Howells 1982
Decoroproetus fearnsidesi Bancroft 1949
Decoroproetus gyratus Owens 1970
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Invalid names: Decoroproetus reedi Pribyl 1947 [synonym], Decoroproetus vicinus Reed 1940 [synonym], Proetus trefoileum Begg 1951 [synonym]
Decoroproetus papyraceus Törnquist 1884
Decoroproetus planulatus Přibyl 1965
Decoroproetus reussi Hawle and Corda 1847
Decoroproetus subornatus Cooper and Kindle 1936
Invalid names: Proetidella Bancroft 1949 [synonym], Warburgaspis Pribyl 1946 [synonym]
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: base of the Fennian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 470.70000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (180 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Proetidella sp. (20825)
Llandeilo - Aurelucian461.1 - 456.6United Kingdom (Scotland) Proetidella sp. (182194 182196)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway (Hamar -Nes) Decoroproetus furubergensis (162624)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus (162620)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Decoroproetus furubergensis (2762)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0United Kingdom (England) Decoroproetus sp. (3651)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway Decoroproetus sp. (2945 2948)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Decoroproetus jamesoni (208116 208117 208120 208123 208124 208125 208129)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0USA (Virginia) Decoroproetus sp. (178253 178255 178256 178257)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Ireland Decoroproetus sp. (50606 182517)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Centriproetus concentricus (12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Centriproetus concentricus (10379)
Zlichovian - Daleje409.1 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Alberticoryphe marshalli (10181)
Daleje - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Czech Republic Alberticoryphe osmal (10469)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) Alberticoryphe chemazur (12040)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) Alberticoryphe chemazur (12257)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Montagne Noire) Chlupaciparia minutilobus (223485) Pteroparia oculata (223299)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Morocco Pteroparia ziegleri (35385)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Germany Pteroparia ziegleri (157754 223345)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) Chlupaciparia australis (216427) Chlupaciparia lata (223180 223204) Chlupaciparia planiops (216426)