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Cnemidopyge tenuis

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Cnemidopyge tenuis was named by Kennedy (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. norfordi, C. pentirvinense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Cnemidopyge tenuis Kennedy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusCnemidopygeWhittard 1955
speciestenuis

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.

†Cnemidopyge tenuis Kennedy 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-09 09:27:58
Modified: 2009-06-09 11:27:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 468.00000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1United Kingdom (Wales) Cnemidopyge tenuis (69843 69844)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) Cnemidopyge tenuis (69768 69769)