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Macropyge

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Macropyge was named by Stubblefield (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-l O Trem-u Sepkoski's reference number: 378,618]. It is not extant. Its type is Gladiatoria gladiator.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ceratopygidae by Bao and Jago (2000), Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Lichapyge Callaway
1927Macropyge Stubblefield p. 144
2000Macropyge Bao and Jago pp. 892, 897
2002Macropyge Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Lichapyge Sepkoski
2002Macropyge 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
genusMacropygeStubblefield 1927

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. †Macropyge Stubblefield 1927
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Subg. †Macropyge (Promacropyge) Lu 1964
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†Macropyge (Promacropyge) longa Lu and Lin 1984
Invalid names: Aksapyge Lisogor 1977 [synonym]
Invalid names: Lichapyge Callaway 1874 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aksaian to the top of the Migneintian or 492.80000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) M. urceolata (203914 203915 203916)
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) M. linearis (107326 126722)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) M. carinata (125525 125566) M. longa (125694)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan Promacropyge carinata (118445)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) M. carinata (125701)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) M. transita (133625)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) M. angusta (107335 126682 126731) M. linearis (107327) M. pinguis (126673 126679 126725 126726) Promacropyge ciliensis (107330) Promacropyge flexa (107332)
Payntonian - Datsonian491.0 - 486.85Australia (Tasmania) M. sp. (62281)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) M. sp. (205623)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Virginia) M. sp. (7105)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) Lichapyge cuspidata, M. chermi (3711) M. sp. (3663)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) M. sp. (203936)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) M. sica (76571) M. sp. (20829)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Virginia) M. sp. (6971)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (England) Lichapyge cuspidata, M. chermi (3710)