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Metaptychopyge truncata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge truncata was named by Nieszkowski (1895).

It was recombined as Metaptychopyge truncata by Balashova (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ptychopyge truncata Nieszkowski
1976Metaptychopyge truncata Balashova p. 30

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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
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusMetaptychopygeBalashova 1964
speciestruncata(Nieszkowski 1895)

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.

Metaptychopyge truncata Nieszkowski 1895
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Volkhov or 471.10000 to 469.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langevoja471.8 - 469.2Sweden Metaptychopyge truncata (198072 198075 198097 198099)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden Metaptychopyge truncata (198111)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Estonia (Ida-Viru) Ptychopyge truncata (195560)