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Ditomopyge whitei

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Anisopyge whitei was named by Pabian and Fagerstrom (1972) [Holotype at University of Nebraska State Museum]. Its type specimen is UNSM 8092, an exoskeleton (Damaged, complete dorsal exoskeleton), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Ditomopyge whitei by Brezinski (1992), Sour-Tovar et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Anisopyge whitei Pabian and Fagerstrom p. 814 figs. Pl 1, figs 14-19; text-figs 13-16
1992Ditomopyge whitei Brezinski p. 926
2005Anisopyge whitei Sour-Tovar et al. p. 32 figs. 5a-f
2016Ditomopyge whitei Sour-Tovar et al. p. 107 figs. 3H-K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusDitomopyge
specieswhitei()

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 whitei Pabian and Fagerstrom 1972
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wordian or 298.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Mexico Anisopyge whitei (117974)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Nebraska) Anisopyge whitei (50092)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) Ditomopyge whitei (183476)