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Cheiropyge koizumii

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion) koizumii was named by Kobayashi and Hamada (1982). It is a mold. Its type locality is Omote-Matsukawa, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Shigejizawa Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Cheiropyge koizumii by Brezinski (1992) and Flick and Shiino (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion) koizumii Kobayashi and Hamada p. 51 figs. 1-5
1984Cheiropyge (Suturikephalion) koizumii Kobayashi and Hamada p. 38 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-11; text-fig 5h
1992Cheiropyge koizumii Brezinski p. 929 figs. 4.4-4.6
2021Cheiropyge koizumii Flick and Shiino pp. 92 - 98 figs. Text-figs 4 – 6, Plate 1, Figs 1– 9, Plate 2, Figs 1– 5

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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
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
genusCheiropyge
specieskoizumii()

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.

Cheiropyge koizumii Kobayashi and Hamada 1982
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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 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Cheiropyge koizumii (75923)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Cheiropyge koizumii (114488)