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Atractopyge brevicauda

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Cybele brevicauda was named by Angelin (1854).

It was recombined as Atractopyge brevicauda by Nikolaisen (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Atractopyge brevicauda Nikolaisen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusAtractopygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciesbrevicauda(Angelin 1854)

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.

Atractopyge brevicauda Angelin 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-09 08:09:55
Modified: 2010-01-09 10:09:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Oandu or 453.00000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian - Katian458.4 - 445.2Norway (Hadeland) Atractopyge brevicauda (191098)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Norway (Nes-Hamar) Atractopyge brevicauda (164008)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Atractopyge brevicauda (191122)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Norway (Hadeland) Atractopyge brevicauda (191121)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Cybele brevicauda (73413)