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Astycoryphe larminiei

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Astycoryphe (Longicoryphe) larminiei was named by Wright and Chatterton (1988). Its type specimen is AMF 65011, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Devonian beds, top of the Jesse Limestone, New South Wales, Australia, which is in a Zlichovian/Daleje slope grainstone in the Jesse Limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Astycoryphe larminiei by Feist (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Astycoryphe (Longicoryphe) larminiei Wright and Chatterton pp. 97 - 99 figs. 3.1-3.6; ?3.7
2003Astycoryphe larminiei Feist p. 437

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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)
genusAstycorypheRichter 1919
specieslarminiei(Wright and Chatterton 1988)

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.

Astycoryphe larminiei Wright and Chatterton 1988
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Zlichovian to the top of the Daleje or 409.10000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zlichovian - Daleje409.1 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Astycoryphe larminiei (type locality: 10181)