†Mioptychopyge Zhou et al. 1998 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: Z. Zhou, W. T. Dean, W. Yuan and T. Zhou. 1998. Ordovician trilobites from the Dawangou Formation, Kalpin, Xinjiang, north-west China. Palaeontology 41(4):693-735
Parent taxon: Nobiliasaphinae according to Z. Q. Zhou and Z. Y. Zhou 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Liomegalaspides, Opsimasaphus
Subtaxa: Mioptychopyge suni Mioptychopyge thebawi Mioptychopyge trinodosa
Type: Ptychopyge trinodosa
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (4 collections)
• Arenigian of China (3)
• Ordovician of China (5), North Korea (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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