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Eocyphinium

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Eocyphinium was named by Reed (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Serp-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phillipsiinae by Osmólska (1970); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Eocyphinium Reed pp. 649-672
1943Metaphillipsia Reed
1970Eocyphinium Osmólska
1977Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) Chamberlain p. 767
1990Eocyphinium (Metaphillipsia) Hahn and Hahn
2002Eocyphinium Jell and Adrain
2002Metaphillipsia Jell and Adrain p. 406
2002Eocyphinium Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyGriffithidinaeHupé 1953
genusEocyphinium

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. †Eocyphinium Reed 1942
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Eocyphinium seminiferum Phillips 1836
Invalid names: Metaphillipsia Reed 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Osmólska 1970Exoskeleton spinose, "subcrania l furrow" present along the cephalon ;
short gena l spines; anterior border vertica l, upturned, attached to glabella which is con stricted medially and at least as broad fronta lly as across the base ; weakly pronounced pre occipital lobe present; anterior branch of facial suture parallel to axial furrow; pygidium long to very long ; axis of 14-17 rings, ribs consisting only of anterior bands, the posterior ones forming th eir slopes .
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Brigantian or 353.80000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium E. smertrios (37127)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) E. clitheroensis (5961)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) E. castletonensis (5966) Griffithides seminiferus (5995)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) E. breve (5967) E. seminiferum (229167)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Metaphillipsia sp. (6956)