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Acropyge

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Acropyge was named by Qian (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: P Guad-u P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 528,624,666]. Its type is Acropyge multisegmenta.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003) and Lerosey-Aubril (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Acropyge Qian
2002Acropyge Sepkoski
2003Acropyge Owens p. 381
2012Acropyge Lerosey-Aubril p. 1029

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusAcropyge

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. †Acropyge Qian 1977
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Acropyge brevica Yin 1978
Acropyge encrinuroides Weber 1944
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Invalid names: Acropyge lanceolata Kobayashi and Hamada 1978 [synonym]
Acropyge weggeni Hahn and Hahn 1981
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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Pseudophillipsia armenica (113617)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran A. lanceolata (110412)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran A. weggeni, A. sp. (131769)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) A. brevica (121296) A. multisegmenta (112011)