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Ditomopyge scitula

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia scitula was named by Meek and Worthen (1865).

It was recombined as Ditomopyge scitula by Pabian and Fagerstrom (1972); it was recombined as Ditomopyge scitulis by Petty (1975).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Phillipsia scitula Meek and Worthen
1911Griffithides parvulus Girty p. 145
1931Ditomopyge lansingensis Newell
1933Griffithides olsoni Williams
1958Ditomopyge parvulus Wanless p. 46
1965Ditomopyge parvulus Branson pp. 27 - 28 fig. 1
1972Ditomopyge scitula Pabian and Fagerstrom p. 808 figs. 4-7,17A,18,19
1975Ditomopyge scitulis Petty

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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
genusDitomopyge
speciesscitula(Meek and Worthen 1865)

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.

†Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen 1865
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Invalid names: Ditomopyge lansingensis Newell 1931 [synonym], Ditomopyge parvula Girty 1911 [synonym], Griffithides olsoni Williams 1933 [synonym]
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: base of the Atokan to the top of the Gzhelian or 318.60000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Ditomopyge scitula (71969 71970 71973 71988 71995 72005)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Ditomopyge parvulus (8640 8645 8649)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Ditomopyge scitula (64933 71922 71944 71945 71948 71963 71964 71972 71990 71994 71997 71999 72000 72001 72002 72003 72004 72006 72007 72008 72009)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Ditomopyge scitula (50090)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Ditomopyge scitulis (159900 159902)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Ditomopyge scitula (71917 71918 71919 71920 71946 71949 71951 71953 71955 71957 71965 71968 71974 71987 71996)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Italy Phillipsia scitula (130158)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Ditomopyge scitula (50089)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Ditomopyge scitula (49830 49833)