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Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) Müller et al. pp. 139 - 140 fig. 6d–e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusNamuropygeRichter and Richter 1939
subgenusEngelimorrisia

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.

Subg. †Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) Müller et al. 2021
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Namuropyge (Engelimorrisia) australis Engel and Morris 1991
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Müller et al. 2021A subgenus of Namuropyge with the following characters: Cephalon
with only one row of marginal spines, with two preglabellar spines. Glabella covered with some not symmetrically arranged spines. Pygidium with five or six pairs of ribs and up to 11 rhachis rings, covered with up to 15 moderately long to shortened marginal spines, and with partially spines on the anterior ribs.
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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (Queensland) Namuropyge australis (217040)