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Ditomopyge scitulus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia (Griffithides) scitulus was named by Meek and Worthen (1865). It is the type species of Ditomopyge.

It was recombined as Griffithides scitulus by Smith (1897); it was recombined as Ditomopyge scitulus by Newell (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Phillipsia (Griffithides) scitulus Meek and Worthen
1897Griffithides scitulus Smith p. 61
1931Ditomopyge scitulus Newell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusDitomopyge
speciesscitulus(Meek and Worthen 1865)

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.

Ditomopyge scitulus Meek and Worthen 1865
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Missourian or 312.80000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Griffithides scitulus (986)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Griffithides scitulus (184105 184106)