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Chomatopyge canasi

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Chomatopyge canasi was named by Chatterton et al. (1998). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 16934, a pygidium, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is LAa, Las Aguaditas North Section, which is in a Llanvirn offshore ramp mudstone/chert in the Las Aguaditas Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Chomatopyge canasi Chatterton et al. pp. 295 - 298 figs. 3, 9-10, 11.1-7, 11.9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusChomatopyge
speciescanasi

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.

Chomatopyge canasi Chatterton et al. 1998
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Llanvirn or 463.50000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Argentina (San Juan) Chomatopyge canasi (73371 73372 type locality: 73374 73375 73377 73381 73382 73383 73384 73385 73386)