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Tropidocoryphidae ✝

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Cornuproetus sp.

Morocco

Cornuproetus sp.

Morocco

Cornuproetus sp.

Morocco

Description

Tropidocoryphidae is an extinct family of trilobites in the order Proetida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidocoryphidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267229	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267229
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	56898	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=56898

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
family	Tropidocoryphidae	Pribyl 1946

Scientific Name

Tropidocoryphidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tropidocoryphidae	family	belongs to Proetida	stated without evidence	Feist, 2002
Tropidocoryphidae	family	belongs to Proetida	stated with evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

466 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

380 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Proetida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. Feist. 2002. Trilobites from the latest Frasnian Kellwasser Crisis in North Africa (Mrirt, central Moroccan Meseta). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(2):203-210

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropidocoryphidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alberticoryphe ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Astycoryphe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Bojocoryphe ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Buchiproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Centriproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cornuproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	139	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cyrtosymboloides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Dalejeproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Denemarkia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Diademaproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Eopiriproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Galbertianus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ignoproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Interproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Koneprusites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Lepidoproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	29	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Lodenicia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Macroblepharum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Miriproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Nagaproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Phaetonellus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Piriproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pribylia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	416 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Prionopeltis ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	47	443 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Prodrevermannia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Proetina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Proetopeltis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pteroparia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Quadratoproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rabuloproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
Ranunculoproetus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Rokycanocoryphe ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Sculptoproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Stenoblepharum ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	31	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Tafilaltaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tropicoryphe ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tropidocoryphe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	26	431 Ma Silurian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Vicinoproetus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Voigtaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Wolayella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Xiphogonium ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1946	Tropidocoryphidae Pribyl pp. 89-95
2002	Tropidocoryphidae Feist
2002	Tropidocoryphidae Jell and Adrain p. 481
2011	Tropidocoryphidae Adrain p. 106

References

Feist R. (2002) Trilobites from the latest Frasnian Kellwasser Crisis in North Africa (Mrirt, central Moroccan Meseta), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 2, 203-210

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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