Dorypyge swasii Sundberg 1994 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Full reference: F. A. Sundberg. 1994. Corynexochida and Ptychopariida (Trilobita, Arthropoda) of the Ehmaniella biozone (Middle Cambrian), Utah and Nevada. Contributions in Science 446:1-137

Belongs to Dorypyge according to F. A. Sundberg 1994

Sister taxa: Dorypyge bisulcata, Dorypyge globosa, Dorypyge huaqiaoensis, Dorypyge kunshanensis, Dorypyge lakei, Dorypyge perconvexalis, Dorypyge pergranosa, Dorypyge qinlingensis, Dorypyge richthofeni, Dorypyge richthofeniformis, Dorypyge shanxiensis, Dorypyge tetraspina

Type specimen: LACMIP 11683, a pygidium

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of United States (8: Nevada, Utah collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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