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Ptychopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge was named by Angelin (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren O Llvi-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ptychopyge Angelin
2002Ptychopyge Jell and Adrain p. 436
2002Ptychopyge Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusPtychopygeAngelin 1854

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.

G. †Ptychopyge Angelin 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available