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Tulepyge

Artiopoda - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Tulepyge was named by Adrain and Westrop (2006). Its type is Tulepyge tulensis.

It was assigned to Dimeropygidae by Adrain and Westrop (2006).

Species
T. paucituberculata, T. tulensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Tulepyge Adrain and Westrop p. 544

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusTulepyge

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. †Tulepyge Adrain and Westrop 2006
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†Tulepyge tulensis Adrain and Westrop 2006
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: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Tremadocian to the top of the Skullrockian or 486.85000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Dimeropygidae indet. (106420)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hystricurus sp. (105854 105867) Pseudohystricurus obesus (105855) Pseudohystricurus rotundus (105868) T. paucituberculata (106423)