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Conocoryphidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3266934	https://www.gbif.org/species/3266934
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	133758	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133758

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Conocoryphidae

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
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Conocoryphidae	Angelin 1854

Scientific Name

Conocoryphidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Conocoryphidae	family	belongs to Opisthoparia	stated without evidence	Mason, 1935
Conocoryphidae	family	belongs to Conocoryphacea	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1952
Conocoryphidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Conocoryphidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Conocoryphidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

blind

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Atops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	530 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Bailiaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Bailiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	27	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Conocoryphe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	47	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Ctenocephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	15	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Elyx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	513 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Hartella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Holocephalina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Indiligens ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	40	499 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Novocatharia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Parabailiella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Pseudatops ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tchaiaspis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1854	Conocoryphidae Angelin
1935	Conocoryphidae Mason p. 102
1952	Conocoryphidae Henningsmoen
1997	Conocoryphidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2002	Conocoryphidae Jell and Adrain p. 469
2011	Conocoryphidae Adrain p. 108

References

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

Mason J. F. (1935) Fauna of the Cambrian Cadiz Formation, Marble Mountains, California, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 34 2, 97-120

Henningsmoen G. (1952) Early middle Cambrian fauna from Rogaland, SW Norway (Paradoxides oelandicus stage = lc α) , Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 30, 13-30

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

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

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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