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Cnemidopyge nuda

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Trinucleus nudus was named by Murchison (1839). Its type specimen is GSM 6835 (lectotype), a cephalothorax, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ampyx nudus by Forbes (1849); it was recombined as Cnemidopyge nuda by Whittard (1955).

Subspecies

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Trinucleus nudus Murchison
1849Ampyx nudus Forbes
1851Ampyx latus M'Coy
1955Cnemidopyge nuda Whittard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
subfamilyRaphiophorinaeAngelin 1854
genusCnemidopygeWhittard 1955
speciesnuda(Murchison 1839)

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 nuda Murchison 1839
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Invalid names: Ampyx latus M'Coy 1851 [synonym]
Cnemidopyge nuda granulata Whittard 1955
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Llandeilo or 461.10000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.4United Kingdom Cnemidopyge nuda (234027 234029 234030 234035)