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Tropidopyge

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Tropidopyge was named by Harrington and Kay (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u O Aren Sepkoski's reference number: 618]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hypermecaspidinae by Fortey (1974); to Ceratopygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Tropidopyge Harrington and Kay
1974Tropidopyge Fortey
2002Tropidopyge Jell and Adrain p. 456
2002Tropidopyge 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
genusTropidopygeHarrington and Kay 1951

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. †Tropidopyge Harrington and Kay 1951
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Tropidopyge broeggeri Moberg and Segerberg 1906
Tropidopyge laevis Ergaliev 1980
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aksaian to the top of the Varangu or 492.80000 to 482.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian495.2 - 486.85China (Hunan) T. hunanensis (126712 126714)
Aksaian492.8 - 491.5Kazakhstan T. laevis (118481 118485 118487 118873 118876 118880 118885)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Colombia T. sp. (8864)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo) T. broeggeri (3183)