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Proceratopyge canadensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Hedinaspis canadensis was named by Chatterton and Ludvigsen (1998). Its type specimen is UA11119 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Proceratopyge canadensis by Chatterton (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Hedinaspis canadensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen pp. 35, 39 fig. 7.6–7.10.
2020Proceratopyge canadensis Chatterton p. 661 fig. 5.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
speciescanadensis(Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1998)

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.

Proceratopyge canadensis Chatterton and Ludvigsen 1998
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Steptoean or 497.00000 to 493.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (British Columbia) Hedinaspis canadensis (54074) Proceratopyge canadensis (219685)