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Metaptychopyge

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Metaptychopyge was named by Balashova (1964). It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Metaptychopyge Balashova
2002Metaptychopyge Jell and Adrain p. 406

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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
genusMetaptychopygeBalashova 1964

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. †Metaptychopyge Balashova 1964
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Metaptychopyge truncata Nieszkowski 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Volkhov or 471.10000 to 469.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langevoja471.8 - 469.2Sweden M. truncata (198072 198075 198097 198099)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Estonia (Ida-Viru) Ptychopyge truncata (195560)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden M. sp. (198149) M. truncata (198111)