Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae
Synonym: Haploconus Raymond 1913 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Dimeropygidae according to J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop 2007
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bearriverops, Chomatopyge, Dimeropygiella, Heckethornia, Ischyrotoma, Mesotaphraspidinae, Mesotaphraspis, Pseudohystricurus, Toernquistia, Tulepyge, Toernquistina
Subtaxa: Dimeropyge clintonensis Dimeropyge speyeri Dimeropyge spinifera Dimeropyge tumidus Dimeropyge virginiensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (7: New York, Vermont collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (8: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Quebec), Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (7: Missouri, Nevada, Virginia)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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