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Raphiophorus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4635351https://www.gbif.org/species/4635351
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)20168https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20168
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Raphiophoridae : Raphiophorus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyTrinucleoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusRaphiophorusAngelin 1854
Scientific NameRaphiophorus Angelin, 1854
Name Published InPal. Scand. [ed. 1], no. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Raphiophorusgenusbelongs to Raphiophoridaestated without evidenceHarrington and Leanza, 1957
Raphiophorusgenusbelongs to Raphiophorinaestated with evidenceFortey, 1975
Raphiophorusgenusbelongs to Asaphidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Raphiophorusgenusbelongs to Raphiophoridaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Asaphida)
Visionblind (based on Raphiophoridae)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Raphiophoridae)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Ecospace CommentsBODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).
Taphonomymajor spines
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Raphiophorus lamasi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Raphiophorus niagarensis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Raphiophorus setirostris
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1854Raphiophorus Angelin
1957Raphiophorus Harrington and Leanza
1975Raphiophorus Fortey p. 65
2002Raphiophorus Jell and Adrain p. 438
2002Raphiophorus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Harrington H. J., Leanza A. F. (1957) Ordovician trilobites of Argentina, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1, 1-276
Fortey R. A. (1975) The Ordovician trilobites of Spitsbergen. II. Asaphidae, Nileidae, Raphiophoridae and Telephinidae of the Valhollfonna Formation, Norsk Polarinstitutt, Skrifter 162, 1-125
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Pal. Scand. [ed. 1], no. 2 - 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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