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Heliopyge helios

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge (Comura) helios was named by Richter and Richter (1926). It is the type species of Heliopyge.

It was recombined as Heliopyge helios by Haas and Mensink (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Asteropyge (Comura) helios Richter and Richter
1970Heliopyge helios Haas and Mensink

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusHeliopygeHaas and Mensink 1970
specieshelios(Richter and Richter 1926)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Heliopyge helios Richter and Richter 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Frasnian to the top of the Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.70000 to 382.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Belgium Heliopyge helios (234783)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Belgium Heliopyge helios (type locality: 223258)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France (Alsace) Heliopyge helios (40079)