30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany
30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany 30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany 30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany 30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany 30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany

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30130 - Top Rare 0.56 Inch Archegonus nitidus Carboniferous Trilobite - Germany

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Species
† Archegonus nitidus (Phillibole) Richter & Richter, 1937
Age
Carboniferous, Mississippian, Kinderhookian stage (~355 million years)
Location
Wuppertal, Germany
Formation
Wuppertal Carboniferous Outcrops
Size
14.2 mm   •    in
Weight
92 g   •    oz
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Description
Archegonus, Burmeister 1843 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 21075

Parent taxon: Proetidae according to P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain 2003

See also Raymond 1916 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Ameropiltonia, Analocaspis, Australokaskia, Basidechenella, Belgibole, Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Bollandia, Breviphillipsia, Carbonocoryphe, Carbonoproetus, Chaunoproetus, Chlupacula, Chuanqianoproetus, Comptonaspis, Conophillipsia, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetus, Cyphinioides, Cyrtodechenella, Cyrtoproetus, Cyrtosymbolinae, Cystispina, Dechenella, Deltadechenella, Diacoryphe, Drevermannia, Drevermanniinae, Elimaproetus, Elliptophillipsia, Engelomorrisia, Eocyphinium, Erbenaspis, Erbenites, Eremiproetinae, Exochops, Falcatoproetus, Fuscinipyge, Georhithronella, Gerastos, Globusia, Griffithidella, Hamiroproetus, Hassiabole, Hedstroemia, Helioproetus, Helokybe, Hesslerides, Hunanoproetus, Kaskia, Keidelia, Kollarcephalus, Lacunoporaspis, Latiglobusia, Latiproetus, Linguaphillipsia, Liobole, Liobolina, Longiproetus, Lugalella, Luojiashania, Mannopyge, Menorcaspis, Microspatulina, Mirabole, Monodechenella, Moschoglossis, Myoproetus, Nitidocare, Nunnaspis, Orbitoproetus, Ormistoniella, Osmolskia, Paladin, Palpebralina, Panibole, Paraglobusia, Parvidumus, Pedinocoryphe, Pedinodechenella, Perexigupyge, Phaseolops, Phillibole, Phillibolina, Philliboloides, Phillipsia, Phillipsiidae, Piltonia, Plesiowensus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Prantlia, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudodudu, Pseudoproetus, Pseudospatulina, Pseudowaribole, Pudoproetus, Reediella, Rhenocynproetus, Rhenogriffides, Richterella, Ryckholtia, Schaderthalaspis, Schizoproetina, Schizoproetoides, Schizoproetus, Semiproetus, Sevillia, Silesiops, Simaproetus, Skemmatopyge, Spatulata, Spinibole, Spinibolops, Tawstockia, Tetinia, Thebanaspis, Thigriffides, Triproetus, Tropidocare, Tropidocoryphinae, Typhloproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgellinae, Waribole, Weberides, Weyeraspis, Winiskia, Winterbergia, Witryides, Xenadoche, Xenocybe, Yuanjia

Subtaxa: Archegonus winterbergensis

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Environments: marine (5 collections), carbonate (4), (2), offshore (2), deep subtidal (1), slope (1), shallow subtidal (1)

Age range: 388.1 to 326.4 Ma

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Austria (2 collections), Belgium (2), China (1), the Czech Republic (7), France (2), Germany (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2)

• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1)
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