Conocoryphe

Conocoryphe
Temporal range: Middle Cambrian
Conocoryphe sulzeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Ptychopariida
Family:
Conocoryphidae
Genus:
Conocoryphe

Hawle and Corda 1847
species
  • C. sulzeri (Schlotheim, 1823) (Type) = Trilobites sulzeri, Conocephalites sulzeri
  • C. cirina (Barrande, 1846) = C. sulzeri cirina, Conocephalites cirina
  • C. gerlinda Snajdr, 1982
  • C. punctata
  • C. caecigena Dean, 1982
Synonyms

Conocephalus Zenker, 1833, non Thunberg, 1815 (conehead bushcricket), Conocephalites, Couloumania

Conocoryphe is a genus of primarily eyeless trilobites belonging to the family Conocoryphidae. They lived during the Middle Cambrian period, about 505 million years ago. These arthropods lived on the sea bottom (epifaunal) and lived off dead particulate organic matter (a lifestyle called detritivorous).