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Asteropyge

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 983,1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asteropyginae by Van Viersen et al. (2019).

Species
A. (Asteropyge), A. (Comura), A. comes, A. lauchensis, A. perforata, A. plana, A. punctata
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. jani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Asteropyge Hawle and Corda
2002Asteropyge Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Asteropyge Sepkoski
2019Asteropyge Van Viersen et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle and Corda 1847

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. †Asteropyge Hawle and Corda 1847
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Subg. †Asteropyge (Asteropyge) Hawle and Corda 1847
Subg. †Asteropyge (Comura) Richter 1926
†Asteropyge comes Basse 2003
†Asteropyge lauchensis Basse 2003
†Asteropyge perforata Morzadec 1969
†Asteropyge plana Basse 2003
†Asteropyge punctata Steininger 1831
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Givetian or 413.02000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) A. sp. 1 (136445 136448)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany A. sp. (26904)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Comura defensor (188762 188763)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) A. sp. (38351)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47France (Alsace) Comura cancer, Comura echinata, Comura tuberculata, A. perforata (40069) Comura granulispina (40064 40065) Comura kervezensis, Comura defensor (40067)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) Comura cometa (40429) Comura defensor (40431)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Comura sp. (208204)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (England) Greenops perforatus (223260)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium A. comes (223279)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. comes, A. punctata (188766) A. lauchensis, A. plana (188764)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Sauerland) Geesops perforatus (229643)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Aragon) A. perforata (40435)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco A. sp. (27124)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Germany (Sauerland) Comura gruenensis (229633)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) Comura bergica (235165)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Comura bergica (235170)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. punctata (75587)