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Ditomopyge decurtata

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia decurtata was named by Gheyselinck (1937).

It was recombined as Ditomopyge decurtata by Brezinski (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Phillipsia decurtata Gheyselinck
1992Ditomopyge decurtata Brezinski p. 929 figs. 4.15-4.18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusDitomopyge
speciesdecurtata(Gheyselinck 1937)

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.

Ditomopyge decurtata Gheyselinck 1937
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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: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Ditomopyge decurtata (43487)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Ditomopyge decurtata (64273)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) Ditomopyge decurtata (72010)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Ditomopyge decurtata (71921 71923 71954 71958 71959 71966 71993)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Ditomopyge decurtata (12440 12441)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Ditomopyge decurtata (44509)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Ditomopyge decurtata (75864)