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Dimeropyge spinifera

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Dimeropyge spinifera was named by Whittington and Evitt (1953). Its type locality is Loc. 1. Tumbling Run, 2 miles southwest of Strasburg, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone in the Lincolnshire Limestone Formation of Virginia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Dimeropyge spinifera Whittington and Evitt pp. 42-44 figs. pl. 22; pl. 23; txt. f. 9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusDimeropygeOpik 1937
speciesspinifera

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.

Dimeropyge spinifera Whittington and Evitt 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 09:24:11
Modified: 2009-06-10 11:24:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Dimeropyge spinifera (type locality: 73340)