Meanings
plural sphaerexochines
- Any trilobite of the genus Sphaerexochus.
The monophyly of this group has been discussed previously by Congreve and Lieberman, however these results suggest that the sphaerexochines may represent a paraphyletic grade within the traditionally defined Eccoptochilinae.
2012 November 16, IW Gapp, “Unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of the Eccoptochilinae, an enigmatic array of Ordovician cheirurid trilobites”, in PLOS One
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