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Thysanopyge

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Thysanopyge was named by Kayser (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ogygiinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. argentina, T. clavijoi, T. latelimbata, T. taurinus
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Thysanopyge Kayser
1937Basilicoides Harrington
1957Thysanopyge Harrington and Leanza
2002Thysanopyge Jell and Adrain p. 453
2002Thysanopyge 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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusThysanopygeKayser 1898

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. †Thysanopyge Kayser 1898
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†Thysanopyge argentina Kayser 1898
†Thysanopyge clavijoi Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Thysanopyge latelimbata Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Thysanopyge taurinus Harrington 1937
Invalid names: Basilicoides Harrington 1937 [synonym]
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 Tremadoc to the top of the Caradoc or 486.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) T. taurinus (235373 276327 276328 276329)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) T. argentina (115716 116092)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Jujuy) T. sp. (8882)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Argentina T. sp. (8777 8869 9009)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia T. argentina (8843) T. sp. (8785 8845 9109)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Salta) T. argentina (115695 115707 115708 115709 115711 115727 115732 115735 115736 115737 115738 115786 115809 115820 115821 115852 115854 115856 115860 115861 115866 115870 115986 116002 116028 116032 116036 116076 116077 116078 116093 116094 116095) T. argentina, T. clavijoi (115740 116030) T. argentina, T. latelimbata (116031)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Jujuy) T. argentina (115675 115677 115693)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Argentina T. sp. (8776)