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Dixiphopyge

Trilobita - Proetida - Aulacopleuridae

Taxonomy
Dixiphopyge was named by Brezinski (1988) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aulacopleuridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Dixiphopyge Brezinski
2002Dixiphopyge Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Dixiphopyge 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
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyAulacopleuridaeAngelin 1854
genusDixiphopygeBrezinski 1988

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. †Dixiphopyge Brezinski 1988
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:39:57
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Kinderhookian or 358.86000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (New Mexico) D. armata (64752 64753)