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Thysanopyge argentina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Thysanopyge argentina was named by Kayser (1898). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Thysanopyge argentina Kayser
1957Thysanopyge argentina Harrington and Leanza

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusThysanopygeKayser 1898
speciesargentinaKayser 1898

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.

†Thysanopyge argentina Kayser 1898
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Tremadoc or 478.60000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Thysanopyge argentina (115716 116092)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Jujuy) Thysanopyge argentina (115675 115677 115693)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) Thysanopyge argentina (115695 115707 115708 115709 115711 115727 115732 115735 115736 115737 115738 115740 115786 115809 115820 115852 115854 115856 115860 115861 115866 115870 115986 116002 116028 116030 116031 116032 116036 116076 116077 116078 116093 116094 116095)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia Thysanopyge argentina (8843)