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Dorypyginae

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Dorypyginae was named by Kobayashi (1935).

It was assigned to Dorypygidae by Landing et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Dorypyginae Kobayashi
2008Dorypyginae Landing et al. p. 897

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935

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.

Subfm. †Dorypyginae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Dorypyge Dames 1883
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Dorypyge bisulcata Peng et al. 2004
Dorypyge globosa Peng et al. 2004
Dorypyge huaqiaoensis Peng et al. 2004
Dorypyge kunshanensis Qian and Zhou 1984
Dorypyge lakei Cobbold 1911
Dorypyge pergranosa Resser and Endo 1937
Dorypyge qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993
Dorypyge richthofeni Dames 1883
Dorypyge richthofeniformis Lermontova 1940
Dorypyge shanxiensis Zhang et al. 1980
Dorypyge swasii Sundberg 1994
G. †Kootenia Walcott 1899
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Kootenia acicularis Resser 1939
Kootenia aculacauda Fritz 1968
Kootenia anabarensis Lermontova 1951
Kootenia asiatica Kobayashi 1935
Kootenia bolis Zhang et al. 1980
Kootenia boucheri Shaw 1957
Kootenia crassa Fritz 1968
Kootenia crassinucha Fritz 1968
Kootenia dawsoni Walcott 1889
Kootenia diutina Fritz 1972
Kootenia exilaxata Deiss 1939
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Invalid names: Kootenia fragilis Deiss 1939 [synonym], Kootenia infera Deiss 1939 [synonym], Kootenia scapegoatensis Deiss 1939 [synonym]
Kootenia fida Zhang et al. 1980
Kootenia fiorens Suvorova 1964
Kootenia florens Suvorova 1964
Kootenia germana Resser 1939
Kootenia gracilens Zhu 1987
Kootenia gracilis Resser 1939
Kootenia granulosa Resser 1939
Kootenia henglinheensis Yang et al. 1993
Kootenia idahoensis Resser 1939
Kootenia incerta Rusconi 1945
Kootenia jialaoensis Lu and Chien 1978
Kootenia longa Ju 1983
Kootenia maladensis Resser 1939
Kootenia margoindistincta Sundberg 1994
Kootenia mathewsi Resser 1939
Kootenia minima Ishvin 1957
Kootenia moori Lermontova and Lazarenko 1962
Kootenia nitida Resser 1939
Kootenia quadriceps Hall and Whitfield 1877
Kootenia randolphi Robison and Babcock 2011
Kootenia sanwanensis Zhou 1974
Kootenia serrata Meek 1873
Kootenia shanxiensis Zhang et al. 1980
Kootenia siberica Lermontova 1940
Kootenia spencei Resser 1939
Kootenia styrax Palmer and Gatehouse 1972
Kootenia venusta Resser 1939
Kootenia yichunensis Duan and An 2001
Kootenia yui Chang 1963
Invalid names: Notasaphus Gregory 1903 [synonym]
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:22:53
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:22:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Branchian to the top of the Paibian or 516.20000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (249 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Kootenia diutina (156132 156143 156145 156147 156150 156152 156156 156157 156158 156159)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Argentina (Mendoza) Kootenia sp. (200109)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Argentina (San Juan ) Kootenia sp. (200108)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Kazakhstan Kootenia abacanica, Kootenia elongata, Kootenia gimmelfarbi, Kootenia koksuensis, Kootenia tersa, Kootenia diutina (99357)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Xinjiang) Kootenia sp. 1 (127612) Kootenia sp. 2 (127611)
Atdabanian - Toyonian521.0 - 508.2China (Gansu) Kootenia sp. (181359)
Atdabanian - Duyunian521.0 - 506.5China (Gansu) Kootenia sp. (181358 181361 181363)
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 506.5China (Guizhou) Kootenia yui (107060)
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 506.5China (Shaanxi) Kootenia yui (127090 127091)
Branchian516.2 - 506.5United Kingdom (England) Dorypyge lakei (79928)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Zhanaarykian503.0 - 500.5Kazakhstan Dorypyge damesi (118096) Dorypyge damesi, Dorypyge richthofeni (9963) Dorypyge richthofeni (9964 118095)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Dorypyge bisulcata (49168 49169 49170) Dorypyge bisulcata, Dorypyge globosa (49166) Dorypyge perconvexalis (49174 49176 49177 49181 49184 107050) Dorypyge sp. (49178)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Dorypyge sp. (127077)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Antarctica Kootenia styrax (153968)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2China (Hunan) Dorypyge perconvexalis (49195)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) Kootenia sp. (206)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta-British Columbia) Kootenia sp. (213)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85Iran Dorypyge sp. (10633)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Idaho) Kootenia sp. (198)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Kootenia sp. (208)