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Phorocephala ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Telephinidae : Phorocephala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Phorocephala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 456 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Telephinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Telephinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | microcarnivore (based on Telephinidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Phorocephala pinguimitra ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Phorocephala setoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Phorocephala shizipuensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Phorocephala typa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1965 | Phorocephala Lu |
1980 | Phorocephala Owen and Bruton |
2002 | Phorocephala Jell and Adrain p. 425 |
2002 | Phorocephala Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!