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Pricyclopyge keralensis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Pricyclopyge keralensis was named by Ghobadi Pour (2022). Its type specimen is NMW 2008.34G.318, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality F-154, which is in a Darriwilian marine mudstone in the Tastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Hopkins on 2025-11-11; modified by M. Hopkins on 2025-11-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Pricyclopyge keralensis Ghobadi Pour p. 19 figs. Fig. 11B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
subfamilyPricyclopyginaeFortey and Owens 1987
genusPricyclopygeRichter and Richter 1954
specieskeralensis

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.

Pricyclopyge keralensis Ghobadi Pour 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:11:22
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:11:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Darriwilian or 469.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Kazakhstan Pricyclopyge keralensis (type locality: 275753)