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Onychopyge riojana

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Onychopyge riojana Harrington p. 179
1957Onychopyge riojana Harrington and Leanza
1968Onychopyge riojana Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 783

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusOnychopyge
speciesriojana

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.

Onychopyge riojana Harrington 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Furongian or 486.50000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina Onychopyge riojana (235392 235393)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina (La Rioja) Onychopyge riojana (42518)
Skullrockian487.5 - 482.3Argentina (La Rioja) Onychopyge riojana (116138)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (La Rioja) Onychopyge riojana (116139)