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Asteropyge punctata

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Olenus punctatus was named by Steininger (1831).

It was recombined as Asteropyge punctata by Lieberman and Kloc (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Olenus punctatus Steininger p. 356 figs. pl. 21, fig. 7
1997Asteropyge punctata Lieberman and Kloc p. 75 figs. 7.1, 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle and Corda 1847
speciespunctata(Steininger 1831)

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 punctata Steininger 1831
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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 Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Asteropyge punctata (188766)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Asteropyge punctata (75587)