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Pygope

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Pygopidae

Taxonomy
Pygope was named by Link (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm-u K Barr-l Sepkoski's reference number: 448,776]. It is the type genus of Pygopidae.

It was assigned to Terebratulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pygopinae by Williams et al. (2006), Bujtor and Albrecht (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Pygope Link
1851Antinomia Catullo
2002Antinomia Sepkoski
2002Pygope Sepkoski
2006Pygope Williams et al. p. 2140
2022Pygope Bujtor and Albrecht p. 57

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderTerebratulida
suborderTerebratulidina
superfamilyDyscolioideaFischer and Oehlert 1891
familyPygopidaeMuir-Wood 1965
subfamilyPygopinaeMuir-Wood 1965
genusPygopeLink 1830

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. †Pygope Link 1830
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†Pygope catulloi Pictet 1867
†Pygope diphya Colonna 1835
†Pygope janitor Pictet 1867
†Pygope vomer Vígh 1981
Invalid names: Antinomia Catullo 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height619.28.5025.523.06.35

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:12
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:47:38
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 157.90000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5Poland P. catulloi (29129 29130 29131)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Hungary P. catulloi (224887)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Hungary (Veszprém megye) Antinomia catulloi (233456)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Bulgaria P. janitor (106725)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Hungary (Veszprém megye) Antinomia catulloi, P. diphya (233449)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Cretaceous154.8 - 100.5Poland P. catulloi (29135) P. janitor (29133)
Kimmeridgian - Cretaceous154.8 - 66.0Poland P. janitor, P. catulloi (29134)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Hungary (Veszprém) Antinomia catulloi (233424 233434) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia diphoros (233436) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia diphoros, P. axine, P. diphya, P. vomer (233437) Antinomia sima (233432) P. janitor (233433)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Azerbaijan P. sp., P. janotor (130885)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Poland P. janitor (44869 44870) P. janitor, Antinomia sima (44868) P. janitor, P. diphya (44871 44872)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Poland (Carpathians) P. janitor, P. diphya (233461)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Poland (Pieniny Klippen Belt) P. janitor, Antinomia sima (233460)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Hungary P. diphya (220128) P. sp., P. janitor (23872)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Hungary (Veszprém megye) Antinomia diphoros (233459 233519)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland (Silesian Voivodeship) P. janitor (239383)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland P. janitor, P. diphya (44873 44874 44875 44876 44877 44878 44879 44880 44881 44882)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian149.2 - 141.0Hungary (Komárom megye) P. janitor (233444)
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian149.2 - 141.0Poland (Carpathians) P. janitor (233462)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Poland P. janitor, Antinomia sima, P. diphya (29117)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Early/Lower Cretaceous149.2 - 100.5Poland P. janitor, P. diphya (29116 29118 29119)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland P. janitor (44883) P. janitor, P. diphya (153352)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Greenland Antinomia sima (160103)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Hungary (Veszprém) Antinomia catulloi (233427) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia diphoros, P. axine, P. janitor, P. diphya (233438) Antinomia catulloi, P. diphya (233426 233428) Antinomia diphoros, P. axine, P. diphya (233440 233441)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Poland P. diphya (44885 44886 44887 44888 44889 157573)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Hungary P. janitor (220127)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Hungary (Veszprém) Antinomia catulloi (233421 233422)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian143.1 - 139.1Poland P. janitor, P. diphya (29124 29125)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Poland P. janitor, Antinomia sima (29128) P. janitor, Antinomia sima, P. diphya, P. catulloi (29127) P. janitor, P. diphya (29121 29122 29126)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Hungary Antinomia catulloi (111303 111407)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Slovakia P. diphya (68980)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Poland (Carpathians) P. janitor, Antinomia sima, P. diphya (233463)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Late/Upper Hauterivian143.1 - 125.77Hungary (Veszprém megye) Antinomia catulloi (233450)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Hungary (Veszprém) Antinomia catulloi (233387)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Hungary Antinomia catulloi (111296 111298 111299)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Hungary Antinomia catulloi (111317) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia diphoros, Antinomia sima (111295) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia sima (98971) Antinomia catulloi, P. diphya (111294)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Hungary (Veszprém) Antinomia diphoros, Antinomia catulloi, P. axine, Antinomia sima, P. diphya (233418)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05France P. diphyoides (91168)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Poland (Carpathians) Antinomia sima, P. catulloi (233499)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Austria P. catulloi (60206)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia diphoros, Antinomia sp., P. axine, Antinomia sima (111308) Antinomia catulloi, Antinomia sp., P. axine, Antinomia sima (111307)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Carpathians) P. diphya (233500) P. janitor (233497)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland P. janitor (62562 62641)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Carpathians) P. janitor (233503)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Poland (Carpathians) P. janitor (233498)