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Dorypyge kunshanensis

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Dorypyge kunshanensis was named by Qian and Zhou (1984). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ma'an Shan, Kunshan , which is in a Wangcunian carbonate dolomite in the Paotaishan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. australis, D. olenekensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Dorypyge kunshanensis Qian and Zhou

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
subfamilyDorypyginaeKobayashi 1935
genusDorypygeDames 1883
specieskunshanensis

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.

†Dorypyge kunshanensis Qian and Zhou 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available