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Macrogrammus pengi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Macrogrammus pengi was named by Edgecombe et al. (1999). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Macrogrammus pengi Edgecombe et al. p. 1172 fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
subfamilyPilekiinae(Sdzuy 1955)
genusMacrogrammusWhittard 1966
speciespengi

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.

†Macrogrammus pengi Edgecombe et al. 1999
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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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 23:31:45
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:31:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Darriwilian or 467.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Argentina (San Juan) Macrogrammus pengi (115233)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Argentina (San Juan) Macrogrammus pengi (195044)