Sphaerocoryphe
| Sphaerocoryphe Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Silurian | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Trilobita |
| Order: | Phacopida |
| Family: | Cheiruridae |
| Genus: | Sphaerocoryphe Angelin, 1854 |
Sphaerocoryphe is a genus of trilobite that lived from the middle Ordovician to the Silurian. Its fossils have been found in Australia, Europe, and North America. Both Sphaerocoryphe and Hemisphaerocoryphe had a characteristically bulbous glabella, and the two may represent only one genus.[1]
References
- ↑ Helje Pärnaste (2004). "Revision of the Ordovician cheirurid trilobite genus Reraspis with the description of the earliest representative". Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology. 53 (2): 125–138.
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