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Diceratopyge obesa

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Diceratopyge obesa was named by Peng (1983). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Diceratopyge obesa Peng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusDiceratopygeTroedsson 1937
speciesobesaPeng 1983

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.

†Diceratopyge obesa Peng 1983
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Niuchehean or 491.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Diceratopyge obesa (107329 107330 126674 126678 126724 126725 126726)