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Thysanopyge taurinus

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Basilicoides taurinus was named by Harrington (1937).

It was recombined as Thysanopyge taurinus by Waisfeld and Vaccari (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Basilicoides taurinus Harrington p. 117 figs. pl. 6 figs. 1, 3; pl. 7 fig. 1
2006Thysanopyge taurinus Waisfeld and Vaccari p. 736

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusThysanopygeKayser 1898
speciestaurinus(Harrington 1937)

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.

Thysanopyge taurinus Harrington 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Arenigian or 486.40000 to 468.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Thysanopyge taurinus (235373)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0Argentina (Salta) Thysanopyge argentina (115821)