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Asteropyge perforata

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge perforata was named by Morzadec (1969).

It was recombined as Greenops (Neometacanthus) perforatus by Smeenk (1983); it was recombined as Geesops (Neometacanthus) perforatus by Basse (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. jani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Asteropyge perforata Morzadec p. 33 figs. pl. 6 figs. 1,2
1983Greenops (Neometacanthus) perforatus Smeenk pp. 407 - 408 figs. PI. 11 figs. 7,8
1997Geesops (Neometacanthus) perforatus Basse
2013Asteropyge perforata Bignon and Crônier p. 654

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciesperforataMorzadec 1969

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.

†Asteropyge perforata Morzadec 1969
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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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 393.30000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9France (Alsace) Asteropyge perforata (40069)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Geesops perforatus (229643)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Aragon) Asteropyge perforata (40435)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7United Kingdom (England) Greenops perforatus (223260)