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Tropidocoryphe bassei

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Tropidocoryphe bassei was named by Van Viersen et al. (2009) [= Tropidocoryphe Barroisi (MAILLIEUX) – RICHTER 1914, p. 86, fig. 1. = Tropidocoryphe Barroisi MAILLIEUX 1904 (sic) RICHTER & RICHTER 1919, pp. 12, 26-31, fig. 2 [only material from Gees]. = Tropidocoryphe barroisi (MAILLIEUX) – RICHTER & RICHTER 1956, pl. 1, figs 3, 4. = T. barroisi (MAILLIEUX) – RICHTER, RICHTER & STRUVE in MOORE 1959, pp. O397, O398 fig. 302-4a. = Tropidocoryphe barroisi MAILLIEUX 1904 (sic) – KOWALSKI 1989, pp. 272-275, figs 1-5. = Tropidocoryphe (Tropidocoryphe) barroisi (MAILLIEUX, 1904) – BASSE 2002, p. 100 [only material from Gees]. = Tropidocoryphe sp. n. G – BASSE 2002, pl. 27, figs. 552-556. = Tropidocoryphe sp. n. G – BASSE & MÜLLER 2004, pl. 53, fig. 694. = Tropidocoryphe sp. n. G – BASSE 2006, pl. 1, figs 18-20. — = Tropidocoryphe barroisi VON MAILLEUX, 1904 CHATTERTON et al., p. 47. = Tropidocoryphe barroisi MAILLIEUX RÜCKERT & KLEVER 2007, pp. 78, 79, unnumb. figs.]. Its type specimen is SMF 58518, an exoskeleton (complete specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Just west of Gees, which is in an Eifelian marine marl in the Ahrdorf Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Tropidocoryphe bassei Van Viersen et al. pp. 48 - 49 figs. Pl. 1, Figs 9, 10; Text-Fig. 3

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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
familyTropidocoryphidae(Pribyl 1946)
subfamilyTropidocoryphinae(Pribyl 1946)
genusTropidocoryphe(Novak 1890)
speciesbassei

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.

†Tropidocoryphe bassei Van Viersen et al. 2009
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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: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:01:20
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:01:20
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Tropidocoryphe bassei (216504 type locality: 216505 216506)