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Mioptychopyge suni

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus suni was named by Endo (1932).

It was recombined as Ptychopyge suni by Lu et al. (1965); it was recombined as Ningkianites suni by Chang and Jell (1983); it was recombined as Mioptychopyge suni by Zhou et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Asaphus suni Endo p. 112 figs. pl. 39, figs 11-17
1965Ptychopyge suni Lu et al.
1983Ningkianites suni Chang and Jell
1998Mioptychopyge suni Zhou et al. p. 706

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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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusMioptychopyge
speciessuni()

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.

Mioptychopyge suni Endo 1932
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Arenigian or 477.10000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Shaanxi) Mioptychopyge suni (116190 116191 116192)