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Pterocoryphe languedociana

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Pterocoryphe languedociana was named by Feist (1976). Its type specimen is FSL 350 223, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Serre Summit 500 m NE La Rouquette, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in the Serre Formation of France. It is the type species of Pterocoryphe.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pterocoryphe languedociana Feist pp. 60 - 61 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 1-7 ; 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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyPteropariinae
genusPterocorypheFeist 1976
specieslanguedociana

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
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

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 Pterocoryphe languedociana (type locality: 223499)