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Acropyge multisegmenta

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Acropyge multisegmenta was named by Qian (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 39871 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zhongying Section Bed 38 (QZ-26), Qinglong County, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Dalong Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Acropyge multisegmenta Qian
1978Acropyge multisegmenta Yin p. 442 figs. Pl 141, fig 17
1984Acropyge multisegmenta Kobayashi and Hamada p. 71

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusAcropyge
speciesmultisegmenta

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.

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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: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Acropyge multisegmenta (type locality: 112011)