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Xenocyclopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Xenocyclopyge was named by Lu (1962). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Xenocyclopyge Lu
2002Xenocyclopyge Jell and Adrain p. 460

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusXenocyclopygeLu 1962

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. †Xenocyclopyge Lu 1962
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:46:35
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:32:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Longvillian or 457.20000 to 455.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (ShanXi) X. sp. (7885)