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Chapmanopyge knudseni

Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae

Taxonomy
Chapmanopyge knudseni was named by McCobb et al. (2014). Its type specimen is MGUH 30454, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 467941. Fimbulfjeld Plateau, Ella Ø, which is in a Tulean carbonate grainstone in the Septembersø Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Chapmanopyge knudseni McCobb et al. pp. 589 - 590 fig. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyBathyuridaeWalcott 1886
subfamilyBathyurellinaeHupe 1953
genusChapmanopyge
speciesknudseni

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.

Chapmanopyge knudseni McCobb et al. 2014
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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:31:34
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:31:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tulean480.8 - 474.9Greenland Chapmanopyge knudseni (223777 223792 223793 223794 type locality: 223795)