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Ceratopyge

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Ceratopyge was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ceratopygidae by Harrington and Leanza (1957), Harrington et al. (1959), Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Ceratopyge Hawle and Corda
1957Ceratopyge Harrington and Leanza
1959Ceratopyge Harrington et al. p. 363
2002Ceratopyge Jell and Adrain p. 356
2002Ceratopyge Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusCeratopygeHawle and Corda 1847

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.

G. †Ceratopyge Hawle and Corda 1847
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Ceratopyge forficuloides Harrington and Leanza 1957
Ceratopyge mareki Mergl 1984
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 09:22:35
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:22:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Varangu to the top of the Lancefieldian or 483.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) C. forficuloides (208323 208324 208327 208328)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Spain (Zaragoza) C. sp. (21076)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia C. mareki (223845)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) C. forficuloides (74338 115818 115832 116067 116084)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden C. forficula (3107 3108) C. sp. (3110)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiangXi) C. sp. (7758)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Norway C. sp. (3106)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Norway (Ovre Oren) C. sp., C. acicularis (75288)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway (Ringsaker) C. forficula (190983)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo) C. forficula (3183 167678)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo-Asker) C. forficula (185891)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Sweden C. acicularis (172663)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (GanSu) C. sp. (8568)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) C. sp. (7679)