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Proceratopyge truncatus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Proceratopyge truncatum was named by Yang (1977) [in Zhou et al.]. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Proceratopyge truncata by Peng et al. (2004); it was corrected as Proceratopyge truncatus by Duan (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Proceratopyge truncatum Yang
2004Proceratopyge truncatus Duan
2004Proceratopyge truncata Peng et al.

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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
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
speciestruncatus(Yang 1977)

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.

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Paibian or 497.00000 to 494.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Proceratopyge truncata (126658 126686 126687 126710)
Taoyuanian498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Proceratopyge truncata (128290 128291 128292 128295 128300 128301)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Hunan) Proceratopyge truncata (49195 126130 126141 126142 126145 126146 126147 126148 126149 126286 126656)
Paibian497.0 - 494.0China (Zhejiang) Proceratopyge truncata (128286 128289)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4China (Hunan) Proceratopyge truncatus (124948)