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Proceratopyge nathorsti

Trilobita - Asaphida - Ceratopygidae

Taxonomy
Proceratopyge nathorsti was named by Westergard (1922).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Proceratopyge nathorsti Westergard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyCeratopygidaeRaymond 1913
genusProceratopygeWallerius 1895
speciesnathorstiWestergard 1922

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.

Proceratopyge nathorsti Westergard 1922
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:50:48
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:50:48
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakian or 497.00000 to 492.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Norway (Ringsaker) Proceratopyge nathorsti (194050)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Proceratopyge nathorsti (118252 118253 118254 118260)