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Hexacopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae

Taxonomy
Hexacopyge was named by Yuan and Zhou. Its type is Remopleurides nasutus.

It was assigned to Remopleurididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hexacopyge Jell and Adrain p. 384

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHexacopygeYuan and Zhou

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. †Hexacopyge Yuan and Zhou
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Hexacopyge nasuta Lu 1957
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-04-13 10:12:30
Modified: 2009-12-14 07:33:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Dapingian to the top of the Katian or 470.00000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) H. nasuta (116201 116202)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hunan) H. sp. (116210)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) H. nasuta (116178 116182 116190 116191 116193 116194 116195) H. sp. (116187 116189)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3China (Hubei) H. nasuta (116200)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Jiangxi) Remopleurides nasutus (192821 192822 210139)