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Hemisphaerocoryphe elliptica

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocoryphe elliptica was named by Lu (1975). Its type specimen is NI 16932, a cephalon/head (cranidiium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Sphaerocoryphe (Hemisphaerocoryphe) elliptica by Zhou et al. (1998); it was recombined as Hemisphaerocoryphe elliptica by Zhou et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Ellipsocoryphe elliptica Lu
1998Sphaerocoryphe (Hemisphaerocoryphe) elliptica Zhou et al. p. 726
2014Hemisphaerocoryphe elliptica 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
specieselliptica(Lu 1975)

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.

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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: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Arenig or 469.40000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Xinjiang) Sphaerocoryphe elliptica (170839)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Hemisphaerocoryphe elliptica (188380)