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Namuropyge discors

Artiopoda - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia discors was named by McCoy (1844) [Phillipsia(?) discors].

It was recombined as Brachymetopus discors by McCoy (1847); it was recombined as Namuropyge discors by Owens (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Phillipsia discors McCoy p. 161 figs. pl. 4, fig. 7
1847Brachymetopus discors McCoy p. 230
1984Namuropyge discors Owens pp. 9 - 10 figs. Text-fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusNamuropygeRichter and Richter 1939
speciesdiscors(McCoy 1844)

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.

Namuropyge discors McCoy 1844
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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, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available