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Dimeropygiella

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Dimeropygiella was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren].

It was synonymized subjectively with Ischyrotoma by Whittington (1963).

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dimeropygidae by Adrain et al. (2001) and Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Dimeropygiella Ross p. 123
2001Dimeropygiella Adrain et al.
2002Dimeropygiella Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Dimeropygiella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusDimeropygiella

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. †Dimeropygiella Ross 1951
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Dimeropygiella blanda Hintze 1953
Dimeropygiella fillmorensis Adrain et al. 2001
Dimeropygiella mccormicki Adrain et al. 2001
Dimeropygiella ovata Hintze 1953
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: 2010-02-06 03:21:36
Modified: 2010-02-06 05:21:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Whiterockian or 482.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Ischyrotoma caudanodosa (10902)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Oklahoma) D. sp. 1 (106822 106825)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (Alberta) Ischyrotoma caudanodosa (10899)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (California) D. sp. (104349) Ischyrotoma caudanodosa (104636)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) D. sp. (77181) Ischyrotoma caudanodosa (104556) Ischyrotoma ovata (104548 104553)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) D. blanda (104118 104121) D. caudanodosa (63840 63846 63848 63926 63928 63931 103831 103917) D. ovata, D. blanda (105780) D. sp. (295 104116 104126 104127 105779) Ischyrotoma blanda, Ischyrotoma ovata (69261)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Utah) D. caudanodosa (106373 106374 106375) D. fillmorensis, D. mccormicki (106371) D. ovata, D. blanda, D. fillmorensis (106370) D. sp., D. caudanodosa (106372)