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Hemisphaerocoryphe

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Hemisphaerocoryphe was named by Reed (1896). It is not extant. Its type is Sphaerexochus pseudohemicranium.

It was reranked as Sphaerocoryphe (Hemisphaerocoryphe) by Zhou et al. (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Sphaerocoryphe by Jell and Adrain (2002).

It was assigned to Sphaerocoryphe by Zhou et al. (1998); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Deiphoninae by Nikolaisen (1961), Hansen (2005); and to Cheiruridae by Warburg (1925), Zhou et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Hemisphaerocoryphe Reed
1925Hemisphaerocoryphe Warburg
1961Hemisphaerocoryphe Nikolaisen
1975Ellipsocoryphe Lu
1998Sphaerocoryphe (Hemisphaerocoryphe) Zhou et al. p. 725
2002Hemisphaerocoryphe Sepkoski
2005Hemisphaerocoryphe Hansen
2014Hemisphaerocoryphe Zhou et al. pp. 103-104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHemisphaerocorypheReed 1896

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.

G. †Hemisphaerocoryphe Reed 1896
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Invalid names: Staurocephalus granulatus Linnarsson 1869 [synonym]
†Hemisphaerocoryphe inflatus Nikolaisen 1961
Invalid names: Ellipsocoryphe Lu 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-12 04:56:25
Modified: 2010-01-12 06:56:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Oandu or 469.40000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Xinjiang) Sphaerocoryphe elliptica (170839)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation H. platinflata (157109 157110 157113) H. sp., H. platinflata (157108 157111 157112 157114)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) H. elliptica (188380)
Late/Upper Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway H. sp. (3250)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Norway (Asker) H. sphaericus (191103)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Norway (Oslo Asker) H. sphaericus (191102 191104)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden H. sp. (2765 2767 2769)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0Norway H. sp. (2945)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Norway (Toten) H. inflatus (191116)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Russian Federation Sphaerocoryphe huebneri (160532)
Idavere - Johvi458.0 - 449.9Netherlands H. pseudohemicranium (192065)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Norway (Baerum) H. inflatus (191117)
Haljala - Keila456.8 - 452.8Norway (Oslo-Asker) H. sphaericus (191101)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarna) H. granulata (155566)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden H. granulata (161776 161786)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) H. granulata (73411 73855 161740 161744 161782)
Oandu - Keila452.8 - 452.8Sweden H. granulata (161777)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) H. granulata (161742)