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Atractopyge rex

Trilobita - Phacopida - Encrinuridae

Taxonomy
Zethus rex was named by Nieskowski (1857).

It was recombined as Cybelella rex by Reed (1928); it was recombined as Atractopyge rex by Hennigsmoen (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Zethus rex Nieskowski
1928Cybelella rex Reed
1959Atractopyge rex Hennigsmoen

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyEncrinuridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyCybelinaeHolliday 1942
genusAtractopygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciesrex(Nieskowski 1857)

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 rex Nieskowski 1857
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Kukruse or 458.00000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Estonia Cybelella rex (189004)