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Pricyclopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Pricyclopyge was named by Richter and Richter (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llde-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378,1075].

It was assigned to Pricyclopyginae by Hoel (1999); to Cyclopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. gallica, P. oceanitis, P. prisca, P. synophthalma
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. dolabra

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Pricyclopyge Richter and Richter
1985Bicyclopyge Horbinger and Vanek
1999Pricyclopyge Hoel
2002Pricyclopyge Jell and Adrain p. 429
2002Pricyclopyge Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
subfamilyPricyclopyginaeFortey and Owens 1987
genusPricyclopygeRichter and Richter 1954

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. †Pricyclopyge Richter and Richter 1954
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†Pricyclopyge gallica Tjernvik 1956
†Pricyclopyge oceanitis Mergl 2006
†Pricyclopyge prisca Barrande 1872
†Pricyclopyge synophthalma Kloucek 1916
Invalid names: Bicyclopyge Horbinger and Vanek 1985 [synonym]
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 12:11:22
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:11:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Llanvirn or 478.60000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic P. oceanitis (223845)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) P. sp. (7758)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway P. sp. (190970 190982)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3685 3704 3706)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden Cyclopyge gallica (192718) P. gallica (198183)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) P. binodosa (69844)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom P. binodosa (69826 69833 69834 69838 69846) P. dolabra, P. binodosa (69814)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4Czech Republic (Prague) P. sp. (76458)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4United Kingdom P. binodosa (69703 69707 69767)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4France P. synophthalma (174544)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic P. binodosabinodosa (3857)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9United Kingdom P. binodosa (69848)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Czech Republic (Central Bohemia) P. binodosa (192908)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Loire-Atlantique) P. sp. (20889)