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Tropidocoryphe (Tropidocoryphe) mediterranea

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Tropidocoryphe (Tropidocoryphe) mediterranea was named by Feist (1976). Its type specimen is FSL 350 168, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Summit of Mont Peyroux, Causses-et-Veyran, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Mont Peyroux Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Tropidocoryphe (Tropidocoryphe) mediterranea Feist pp. 52 - 53 figs. (pl. 1, Iig. 2-4, 6-7; texte-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)
subgenusTropidocorypheNovak 1890
speciesmediterranea

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.

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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 393.30000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian409.1 - 391.9Morocco Tropidocoryphe mediterranea (208233)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7France (Montagne Noire) Tropidocoryphe mediterranea (type locality: 223490)