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Dorypyge
Taxonomy
Dorypyge was named by Dames (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Cm uMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 81,464]. Its type is Dorypyge richthofeni.
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); to Dorypyginae by Landing et al. (2008); and to Dorypygidae by Sundberg (1994) and Pour and Popov (2009).
It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); to Dorypyginae by Landing et al. (2008); and to Dorypygidae by Sundberg (1994) and Pour and Popov (2009).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1883 | Dorypyge Dames |
| 1994 | Dorypyge Sundberg p. 17 |
| 2002 | Dorypyge Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Dorypyge Landing et al. p. 897 |
| 2009 | Dorypyge Pour and Popov |
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G. †Dorypyge Dames 1883
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†Dorypyge bisulcata Peng et al. 2004
†Dorypyge globosa Peng et al. 2004
†Dorypyge huaqiaoensis Peng et al. 2004
†Dorypyge kunshanensis Qian and Zhou 1984
†Dorypyge lakei Cobbold 1911
†Dorypyge perconvexalis Yang 1977
†Dorypyge pergranosa Resser and Endo 1937
†Dorypyge qinlingensis Yang et al. 1993
†Dorypyge richthofeni Dames 1883
†Dorypyge richthofeniformis Lermontova 1940
†Dorypyge shanxiensis Zhang et al. 1980
†Dorypyge swasii Sundberg 1994
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. A. Sundberg 1994 | Dorypygidae with cranidium with medially inflated to subquadrate glabellae, effaced to nearly effaced lateral glabellar furrows; fixigenae convex, slightly downsloping. Pygidium with well-defined axis generally extend- ing to border, 3-5 ring furrows; pleural fields crossed by 3-5 generally deep pleural furrows; interpleural furrows shallow, exsagittal width of anterior pleu- ral bands increases laterally; width of posterior pleural bands uniform; border moderately well defined, generally 3-4 pairs of spines of equal length, a posterior pair of greater length, and most pos- terior pair very short, unevenly spaced along mar- gin. |