Sphaerocoryphe

Sphaerocoryphe
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician–Silurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Phacopida
Family: †Cheiruridae
Genus: †Sphaerocoryphe
Angelin, 1854
Species
  • Sphaerocoryphe atlantiades Öpik, 1937
  • Sphaerocoryphe cranium Kutorga, 1854
  • Sphaerocoryphe dentata Angelin, 1854
  • Sphaerocoryphe erratica Männil, 1958
  • Sphaerocoryphe punctata Angelin, 1854
  • Sphaerocoryphe schmidti Männil, 1958

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.