Ditomopyge yampupatensis Arellano 1983 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Alternative combinations: Bolivicrania yampupatensis, Paladin yampupatensis

Full reference: J. Arellano. 1983. Trilobites del Permico inferior de Bolivia. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Etudes Andines 12:91-102

Belongs to Ditomopyge according to R. M. Owens 2003

See also Arellano 1983 and Kobayashi and Hamada 1986

Sister taxa: Ditomopyge amorni, Ditomopyge benkei, Ditomopyge bjornensis, Ditomopyge decurtata, Ditomopyge dereimsi, Ditomopyge granulata, Ditomopyge kumpani, Ditomopyge meridionalis, Ditomopyge ovalis, Ditomopyge scitula, Ditomopyge scitulus, Ditomopyge sichuanensis, Ditomopyge whitei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sampaya Section, Yampupata, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Bolivia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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