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Onychopyge acenolazai

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Onychopyge acenolazai was named by Tortello and Esteban (2016). Its type specimen is MLP 35091, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. harringtoni, O. parkerae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Onychopyge acenolazai Tortello and Esteban p. 948 figs. Fig. 13.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusOnychopyge
speciesacenolazai

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.

†Onychopyge acenolazai Tortello and Esteban 2016
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Onychopyge acenolazai (208287 208289 208290)