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Carinopyge

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Carinopyge was named by Maksimova (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Carinopyge fracta.

It was assigned to Pterygometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Monorakinae by Ludvigsen and Chatterton (1982), Holloway (2004).

Species
C. abscisa, C. fracta (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Carinopyge Maksimova
1982Carinopyge Ludvigsen and Chatterton p. 2204
2002Carinopyge Jell and Adrain p. 355
2004Carinopyge Holloway

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyMonorakinae(Kramarenko 1952)
genusCarinopygeMaksimova 1955

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.

G. †Carinopyge Maksimova 1955
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†Carinopyge abscisa Maksimova 1955
†Carinopyge fracta Masimova 1955
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Katian or 469.40000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation C. sp. (192734)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Russian Federation C. fracta (192736)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9305 9307)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) C. abscisa (204799 204912)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9311)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation C. abscisa (192735)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) C. sp. (204791 204792)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) C. sp. (9313)