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Proceratopyge waergangensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Proceratopyge waergangensis was named by Peng (1992). It is not extant. Its type locality is Wa'ergang, unit 12, 18, which is in a Paibian slope limestone in the Huaqiao Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Proceratopyge waergangensis Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
specieswaergangensis

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.

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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Proceratopyge waergangensis (type locality: 126656)