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Ditomopyge meridionalis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Ditomopyge meridionalis was named by Teichert (1944). Its type specimen is UWA 21331, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wandagee Hill, NE Gully, Fence Between Shed and Mungadan Paddocks, which is in a Roadian coastal siliciclastic in the Coolkilya Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Ditomopyge meridionalis Teichert p. 458 figs. Pl 77, figs 1-5, 7-12
2021Ditomopyge meridionalis Flick and Shiino p. 107

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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
speciesmeridionalis

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 meridionalis Teichert 1944
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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: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Ditomopyge meridionalis (132770)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Western Australia) Ditomopyge meridionalis (type locality: 119101 132766 132767 132768 132769)