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Ptychopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge was named by Angelin (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren O Llvi-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species
P. canningensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. angustifrons

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ptychopyge Angelin
2002Ptychopyge Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Ptychopyge Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPtychopygeAngelin 1854

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. †Ptychopyge Angelin 1854
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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 Darriwilian to the top of the Marshbrookian or 469.40000 to 454.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunneberg - Volkhov482.9 - 469.1Russian Federation (Moscow oblast) P. plauutini (235824)
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (Hunan and Hubei) P. sp. (7717)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (QingHai) P. sp. (23602)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Sichuan) P. sp. (7679 7680)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (AnHui) P. sp. (7841)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (XinJiang) P. sp. (20806)
Arenig - Late/Upper Llandeilo477.1 - 458.2China (ShanXi) P. sp. (7919)
Valaste472.1 - 465.9Sweden P. sp. (198043)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Latvia P. angustifrons (207275) P. angustifrons, P. multicosta (207274)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden (Bornholm) P. sp. (173564 173600 173625) P. spp. (173626)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden P. angustifrons (188265 188266)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Estonia (Ida-Viru) P. angustifrons (195561)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Lithuania P. sp. (207286)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Western Australia) P. canningensis (236052)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden P. angustifrons (188217 188218 188223 188225 188229 188268 188270 188300 188302) P. sp. (188210 188213 188219 188221 188222 188226 188228 188236 188299)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Latvia P. angustifrons (207276)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) P. sp. (4711)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (AnHui) P. sp. (7839)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2China (Hubei) P. sp. (4712)
Llandeilo - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5China (GanSu) P. sp. (20763)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.2 - 454.0China (GanSu) P. sp. (8550)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5China (QingHai) P. sp. (23601)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) P. sp. undet. (175724)