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Mioptychopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Mioptychopyge was named by Zhou et al. (1998) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1266]. It is not extant. Its type is Ptychopyge trinodosa.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Nobiliasaphinae by Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Mioptychopyge Zhou et al. p. 705
2002Mioptychopyge Jell and Adrain p. 407
2002Mioptychopyge Sepkoski
2019Mioptychopyge Zhou and Zhou p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusMioptychopyge

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. †Mioptychopyge Zhou et al. 1998
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Mioptychopyge suni Endo 1932
Mioptychopyge thebawi Reed 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Early/Lower Llandeilo or 477.70000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) M. suni (116190 116191 116192)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Xinjiang) M. trinodosa (170835 170837 170838 170839)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) M. sp. (221212 221214)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) M. trinodosa (170840 170841 170842)
Early/Lower Llandeilo466.0 - 460.9North Korea Ptychopyge thebawi (56174)