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Erbenicoryphe parvula

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Erbenicoryphe parvula was named by Feist and Clarkson (1989). Its type specimen is USTM 2, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is VS-E 48. Southern slope of Pic de Bissous Peak, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Coumiac Formation of France. It is the type species of Erbenicoryphe.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Erbenicoryphe parvula Feist and Clarkson pp. 372 - 373 figs. 3B, 3D, 5B

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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
genusErbenicoryphe
speciesparvula

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.

Erbenicoryphe parvula Feist and Clarkson 1989
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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: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-06-25 03:43:03
Modified: 2010-11-16 08:09:16
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 383.70000 to 382.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France (Montagne Noire) Erbenicoryphe parvula (type locality: 223298)