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Proceratopyge insuetus

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Proceratopyge insuetus was named by Chu et al. (1979) [Lin and Zhang, in Chu et al., 1979].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. asiatica, P. brevispina, P. captiosus, P. chuhsiensis, P. cryptica, P. fenghuangensis, P. gordonensis, P. grabuai, P. inexpectata, P. lata, P. mitis, P. nectans, P. rectispina, P. duibianensis, P. latirhachis
Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2026-03-08; modified by M. Hopkins on 2026-03-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Proceratopyge insuetus Chu et al. p. 112 figs. Plate 44, fig. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
speciesinsuetus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Proceratopyge insuetus Chu et al. 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available