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Archegonus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Archegonus was named by Burmeister (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras C Vise-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421]. Its type is Calymene aequalis.

It was assigned to Illaenidae by Raymond (1916); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Archegoninae by Owens (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Archegonus Burmeister p. 147
1850Cylindraspis Sandberger
1916Archegonus Raymond p. 6
2002Archegonus Jell and Adrain p. 343
2002Archegonus Sepkoski
2003Archegonus Owens

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusArchegonusBurmeister 1843

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.

G. †Archegonus Burmeister 1843
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Subg. †Archegonus (Laevibole) Brauckmann 1982
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†Laevibole acutifrons Osmólska 1968
Subg. †Archegonus (Merebolina) Gandl 1980
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Subg. †Archegonus (Phillibole) Richter and Richter 1937
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†Archegonus (Phillibole) aprathensis Richter and Richter 1937
†Archegonus (Phillibole) culmicus Richter and Richter 1937
Subg. †Phillibole (Cystispina) Richter and Richter 1939
Subg. †Phillibole (Liobole) Richter and Richter 1949
Subg. †Phillibole (Phillibole) Richter and Richter 1937
†Phillibole conkini Hessler 1963
†Phillibole planucauda Brezinski 1998
Subg. †Archegonus (Phillibolina) Gandl 1968
Invalid names: Cylindraspis Sandberger 1850 [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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Hastarian to the top of the Brigantian or 358.90000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8China (Guangxi) A. sp. (12496)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Austria A. planus (38616 42416)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Texas) Phillibole planucauda (229265)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (38448)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Texas) Carbonocoryphe planucauda (5)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Oklahoma) Carbonocoryphe planucauda (8)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Illinois) Carbonocoryphe planucauda (9)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. sp. (229351)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (Léon) A. glassi, A. cantabricus (67110)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7USA (Texas) Carbonocoryphe planucauda (1)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Germany A. ratingensis (37132) A. sondernensis (37133) Waribole winterbergensis (37187 37192 42848)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium A. belgicus, A. sp. (37127)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Czech Republic A. aequalis (138585)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Spain (León) A. cantabricus (67111)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) Phillibole conkini (8140)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Phillibole planucauda (64757 64759 64760)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Czech Republic A. moravicus (38086 38088 38089 38090 38091 38092)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Phillibolina worsawensis (5962 5963)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Phillibole sp. (562)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany A. aequalis (47474)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium A. sp. (37131)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Germany (Nordrhein Westfalen) A. laevicauda (229490)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Poland A. laevicauda, A. aprathensis (218987)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) A. antecedens, A. aequalis (6959)