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Leiocoryphe occipitalis

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae

Taxonomy
Leiocoryphe occipitalis was named by Rasetti (1944). Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1139a, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Leiocoryphe occipitalis Rasetti p. 245 figs. Pl. 38, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPlethopeltidaeRaymond 1925
genusLeiocorypheClark 1924
speciesoccipitalis

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.

Leiocoryphe occipitalis Rasetti 1944
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-02 09:04:15
Modified: 2010-01-02 11:04:15
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Sunwaptan or 490.20000 to 488.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Leiocoryphe occipitalis (229379)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leiocoryphe occipitalis (81269 81285 81287)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Texas) Leiocoryphe occipitalis (216017 216018)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Leiocoryphe occipitalis (224134 224136 224139)