Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae
Synonym: Prionopyge Harrington and Leanza 1942 [objective synonym]
Full reference: H. J. Harrington. 1938. Sobre las faunas del Ordoviciano Inferior del norte argentino. Revista del Museo de La Plata, n. s. 1 (Sección Paleontología) 109-289
Parent taxon: Ceratopygidae according to R. A. Robison and J. Pantoja-Alor 1968
See also Harrington and Leanza 1957, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ajacicrepida, Asiocephalus, Boschchekulia, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Dipleuropyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis, Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Iwayaspidinae, Kaltykelina, Kaufmannella, Kogenium, Macropyge, Macropygella, Mansuyella, Nannopeltis, Neohedinaspis, Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis, Tropidopyge, Yuepingioides
Subtaxa: Onychopyge acenolazai Onychopyge argentina Onychopyge gonzalezae Onychopyge longispina Onychopyge plagiacantha Onychopyge riojana Onychopyge sculptura
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Arenig of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Argentina (3), Australia (1), China (1)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (6), Bolivia (3), China (1), Mexico (3)
• Skullrockian of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (10), China (1)
Total: 31 collections including 34 occurrences
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