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Heliopyge

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Heliopyge was named by Haas and Mensink (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 983]. It is not extant. Its type is Asteropyge (Comura) helios.

It was reranked as Neocalmonia (Heliopyge) by Haas (1970).

It was assigned to Neocalmonia by Haas (1970); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asteropyginae by Van Viersen and Vanherle (2018).

Species
H. helios, H. sharudensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Neocalmonia mariamae, Neocalmonia pentacosta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Neocalmonia (Heliopyge) Haas
1970Heliopyge Haas and Mensink pp. 155-211
2002Heliopyge Jell and Adrain
2002Heliopyge Sepkoski
2018Heliopyge Van Viersen and Vanherle p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusHeliopygeHaas and Mensink 1970

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. †Heliopyge Haas and Mensink 1970
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†Heliopyge helios Richter and Richter 1926
†Heliopyge sharudensis Pillet 1974
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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Middle Frasnian or 393.30000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Aragon) H. n. sp. C (40435) H. sp. (40437)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France (Alsace) H. sp. 1, H. sp. 2 (40075)
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Afghanistan (Herat) Neocalmonia mariamae, Neocalmonia pentacosta (70144)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4France H. sp. (38812)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Belgium H. helios (234783)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Spain Neocalmonia iberica (27714)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Belgium H. helios (223258)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Iran H. sharudensis (223341)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain Neocalmonia iberica (27615)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France (Alsace) H. porsguenensis (40077) H. sp. 3, H. helios (40079)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain Neocalmonia iberia (27713)