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Dipleura

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Dipleura was named by Green (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1106].

It was assigned to Homalonotinae by Thomas (1977); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Homalonotidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
D. dekayi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Dipleura Green
1977Dipleura Thomas p. 168
2002Dipleura Jell and Adrain p. 367
2002Dipleura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
subfamilyHomalonotinae(Chapman 1890)
genusDipleuraGreen 1832

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. †Dipleura Green 1832
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†Dipleura dekayi Green 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3USA (New York) D. sp. (75466)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Libya D. simplex (35632)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Bolivia (La Paz) Trimerus dekayi (37056)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) D. dekayi (91225 91232 91234 91235 91249 91274)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France (Alsace) D. lanvoiensis (40074)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) D. dekayi (8727 8808 8809 8811 8812 8813 8814 8817 8818 8819 8820 8822 8823 8825 8830 8832 8913 8917 8919 8959 8960 8961 8962 8963 8964 8965 8967 8968 8969 8970 8971 8972 9018 9029 10459 89657 89658 89660 89661 89668 89699 89741 89876 89886 89940 96209) D. sp. (10540 10543)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Libya D. sp. (36185)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Trimerus dekayi (9657 9707 9896 9897 9898 9902 9905 9907 9924 9926)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Libya D. sp. (35628)