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Tropidocoryphinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)103812https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103812
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Tropidocoryphinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Tropidocoryphinaesubfamilybelongs to Proetidaestated with evidenceOwens, 1973
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)17
First Recorded Appearance472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance411 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Proetidae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Proetida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Astroproetus ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
439 Ma
Silurian
Decoroproetus ✝
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
157472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1946Tropidocoryphinae Pribyl
1973Tropidocoryphinae Owens p. 133
1981Tropidocoryphinae Owen
1982Tropidocoryphinae Owen and Harper

References

Owens R. M. (1973) Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53, 117-181
Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88
Owen A. W., Harper D. A. T. (1982) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 31. The upper Caradoc trilobites and brachiopods from Vestbraten, Ringerike, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 95-120
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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