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Ditomopyge yampupatensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Paladin yampupatensis was named by Arellano (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sampaya Section, Yampupata, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Bolivicrania.

It was recombined as Bolivicrania yampupatensis by Kobayashi and Hamada (1986); it was recombined as Ditomopyge yampupatensis by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Paladin yampupatensis Arellano p. 96 fig. 4
1986Bolivicrania yampupatensis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 181 figs. 1-4
2003Ditomopyge yampupatensis Owens p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusDitomopyge
speciesyampupatensis()

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.

Ditomopyge yampupatensis Arellano 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada 1986Cephalon provided with a pair of long genal spines. Glabella
more or less contracted laterally at mid-length, composed of a large subtrigonally
ovate unf urrowed main lobe and a pair of relatively small basal lobes ; axial
furrows provided with a pair of profound pits in anterior part, isolating basal
lobes by their straight posterior extension as far as occipital furrow; small
median preoccipital lobe present; eyes and palpebra] lobes fairly large, located
posteriorly, embracing basal lobes; marginal rim and furrow narrow; lateral
and posterior marginal furrows meeting at genal angle and then running into
long genal spine; anterior branches of facial sutures nearly straight and divergent
from eyes as far as parallels through eyes and abruptly bent near cephalic
margin; their posterior branches nearly diagonal and short behind eyes. Pygidium
subtrigonal, a little broader than long and provided with depressed marginal
border; lateral margins gently arcuate and confluent with rounded narrow posterior
margin; axial lobe nearly as wide as pleural part and multisegmented ;
each axial ring divided into a broad convex median part and a pair of small
depressed lateral sectants ; a few anterior pleural ribs and furrows running into
lateral border.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia Bolivicrania yampupatensis (117019) Paladin yampupatensis (type locality: 117018)