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Onychopyge argentina

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Onychopyge argentina was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. depressa, O. harringtoni, O. parkerae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Onychopyge argentina Harrington and Leanza p. 189

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusOnychopyge
speciesargentina

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.

†Onychopyge argentina 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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) Onychopyge argentina (115690)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Onychopyge argentina (116006)