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Fuscinipyge yolkini

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Fuscinipyge yolkini was named by Ormiston (1972). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shell Canada Lot 5264, Many Beaver Lake area, NTS 106G, which is in an Eifelian marine horizon in the Hume Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Fuscinipyge.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Fuscinipyge yolkini Ormiston p. 670 figs. pl 1 f 1-10
1976Fuscinipyge yolkini Ormiston p. 1170 figs. P1. 3, figs. 7-10

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusFuscinipygeOrmiston 1972
speciesyolkiniOrmiston 1972

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.

Fuscinipyge yolkini Ormiston 1972
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Fuscinipyge yolkini (55468 type locality: 216587 216588 216589)