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Asteropyge (Comura)

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Comura was named by Richter (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 983]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Asteropyge (Comura) by Richter and Richter (1926).

It was assigned to Asteropyge by Richter and Richter (1926); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Asteropyge jani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Comura Richter
1926Asteropyge (Comura) Richter and Richter
2002Comura Jell and Adrain p. 359
2002Comura Sepkoski

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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
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusComura(Richter 1926)

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.

Subg. †Asteropyge (Comura) Richter 1926
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Eifelian or 402.50000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Comura defensor (188762 188763)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9France (Alsace) Comura cancer, Comura echinata, Comura tuberculata (40069) Comura granulispina (40064 40065) Comura kervezensis, Comura defensor (40067)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) Comura cometa (40429) Comura defensor (40431)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Comura sp. (208204)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.3 - 383.7Germany (Sauerland) Comura gruenensis (229633)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany Comura bergica (235170)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) Comura bergica (235165)