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Namuropyge (Coignouina)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Brachymetopus (Coignouina) was named by Reed (1943).

It was synonymized subjectively with Namuropyge by Jell and Adrain (2002); it was Namuropyge (Coignouina) by Müller et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Brachymetopus by Reed (1943); and to Namuropyge by Müller et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Brachymetopus (Coignouina) Reed
2021Namuropyge (Coignouina) Müller et al. pp. 138 - 139

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusNamuropygeRichter and Richter 1939
subgenusCoignouina(Reed 1943)

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.

Subg. †Namuropyge (Coignouina) Reed 1943
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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 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 340.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Namuropyge acanthina (5965 5966)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Namuropyge acanthina (5967)