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Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) cuyahogae

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Dalmanites cuyahogae was named by Claypole (1884).

It was recombined as Namuropyge cuyahogae by Brezinski (1988); it was recombined as Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) cuyahogae by Müller et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Dalmanites cuyahogae Claypole p. 306 fig. 6
1988Namuropyge cuyahogae Brezinski p. 105 figs. 3.16, 3.17
2021Namuropyge (Cuyapyge) cuyahogae Müller et al. p. 141

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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
subgenusCuyapyge
speciescuyahogae(Claypole 1884)

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.

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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: 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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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