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Perissopyge phenax

Artiopoda

Taxonomy
Perissopyge phenax was named by Blaker et al. (1996) [from GGU collection 271756; now deposited at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen (MGUH), Denmark]. Its type specimen is MGUH 23584 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GGU Collection 271756, west side of Løndal, southern Peary Land, which is in a Lenian carbonate limestone in the Henson Gletscher Formation of Greenland. It is the type species of Perissopyge.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Perissopyge phenax Blaker et al. pp. 211 - 214 figs. f. 5-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
genusPerissopyge
speciesphenax

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.

Perissopyge phenax Blaker et al. 1996
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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: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Dyeran or 512.10000 to 509.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Greenland (Peary Land) Perissopyge phenax (type locality: 49892 49893 49894)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Yukon) Perissopyge phenax (93092)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Greenland Perissopyge phenax (8092)