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Onychopyge plagiacantha

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Onychopyge plagiacantha 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 plagiacantha 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
speciesplagiacantha

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 plagiacantha 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Skullrockian or 488.90000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4Argentina (La Rioja) Onychopyge plagiacantha (116138)