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Psychopyge

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Psychopyge was named by Termier and Termier (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 983,1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Psychopyge elegans.

It was assigned to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Psychopyge Termier and Termier p. 51
2002Psychopyge Jell and Adrain p. 435
2002Psychopyge Sepkoski

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

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. †Psychopyge Termier and Termier 1950
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Psychopyge elegans Termier and Termier 1950
Psychopyge hammerorum Chatterton et al. 2006
Psychopyge praestans Morzadec 2001
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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Germany P. sp. (202942)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco P. elegans (27072 208204) P. praestans, P. hammerorum (142430)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Algeria P. elegans (27145)