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Chomatopyge canasi

Trilobita - Proetida - Dimeropygidae

Taxonomy
Chomatopyge canasi was named by Chatterton et al. (1998). Its type specimen is CEGH-UNC 16934, a pygidium, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is LAa, Las Aguaditas North Section, which is in a Llanvirn offshore ramp mudstone/chert in the Las Aguaditas Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Chomatopyge canasi Chatterton et al. pp. 295 - 298 figs. 3, 9-10, 11.1-7, 11.9-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyDimeropygidaeHupe 1953
genusChomatopyge
speciescanasi

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Chomatopyge canasi Chatterton et al. 1998
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Diagnosis
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