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Ceratopyge forficuloides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopyge forficuloides was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Ceratopyge forficuloides Harrington and Leanza p. 185
2003Ceratopyge forficuloides Waisfeld and Vaccari
2014Ceratopyge forficuloides Tortello and Esteban p. 939

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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
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusCeratopygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciesforficuloides

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.

Ceratopyge forficuloides Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 09:22:35
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:22:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Ceratopyge forficuloides (74338 115818 115832 116067 116084)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Ceratopyge forficuloides (208323 208324 208327 208328)