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Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Bathyurus amplimarginatus was named by Billings (1859). Its type specimen is GSC 517 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Peltabellia amplimarginata by Shaw and Bolton (2011); it was recombined as Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata by Billings (1859) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata Billings
2011Peltabellia amplimarginata Shaw and Bolton p. 413
2013Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusChapmanopyge
speciesamplimarginiata(Billings 1859)

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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Peltabellia amplimarginata (111446)
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Norway (Spitsbergen) Chapmanopyge amplimarginiata (189834)