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Perexigupyge hodgesi

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Perexigupyge hodgesi was named by Brezinski (1988). Its type specimen is CMNH 34425 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hodges Quarry, which is in a Tournaisian carbonate limestone in the Gilmore City Limestone Formation of Iowa. It is the type species of Perexigupyge.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Perexigupyge hodgesi Brezinski pp. 243 - 244 figs. 2.1-2.4, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11, 2.15, 2.16

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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
subfamilyCummingellinaeHahn and Hahn 1967
genusPerexigupyge
specieshodgesi

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.

Perexigupyge hodgesi Brezinski 1988
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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: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Perexigupyge hodgesi (type locality: 229317)