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Anisopyge inornata

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Anisopyge inornata was named by Girty (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 119415, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Anisopyge inornata Girty p. 118 figs. Pl 8, fig 11
1971Anisopyge inornata Cisne p. 529 figs. Pl 68, figs 13-15,19-21
2020Anisopyge inornata Lemke p. 221

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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
genusAnisopyge
speciesinornata

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.

†Anisopyge inornata Girty 1909
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Anisopyge inornata (41517)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) Anisopyge inornata (89629)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) Anisopyge inornata (233342)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) Anisopyge inornata (105408 105416 105418)