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Skemmatopyge tietzei

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Skemmatopyge tietzei was named by Richter and Richter (1919).

It was recombined as Chaunoproetus (Skemmatopyge) tietzei by Feist et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Skemmatopyge tietzei Richter and Richter p. 114 fig. 7
2000Chaunoproetus (Skemmatopyge) tietzei Feist et al. p. 526 figs. pl. 53 f. 60-61
2020Skemmatopyge tietzei Basse and Lemke p. 213

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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
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusSkemmatopygeRichter and Richter 1919
speciestietzeiRichter and Richter 1919

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.

Skemmatopyge tietzei Richter and Richter 1919
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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: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Sauerland) Chaunoproetus tietzei (172534)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Chaunoproetus tietzei (38645 219037 219038)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany Chaunoproetus tietzei (218983 218984 218985) Skemmatopyge tietzei (229396 229401)