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Namuropyge (Namuropyge)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Taxonomy
Namuropyge (Namuropyge) was named by Richter and Richter (1939). Its type is Namuropyge demaneti.

It was assigned to Namuropyge by Richter and Richter (1939) and Müller et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Namuropyge (Namuropyge) Richter and Richter
2021Namuropyge (Namuropyge) Müller et al. pp. 136 - 138

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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
superfamilyAulacopleuroidea(Angelin 1854)
familyBrachymetopidaePrantl and Pribyl 1951
subfamilyBrachymetopinaePrantl and Pribyl 1950
genusNamuropygeRichter and Richter 1939
subgenusNamuropygeRichter and Richter 1939

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.

Subg. †Namuropyge (Namuropyge) Richter and Richter 1939
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Namuropyge (Namuropyge) demaneti Richter and Richter 1939
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Müller et al. 2021The typical subgenus of Namuropyge with the following characters: Marginal border of cephalon covered with mostly two rows, rarely only one row of spines, placed one upon the other. Glabella with three or four spines. Pygidium long to shortened, mostly with four, seldom with five pairs of ribs. Anterior bands of ribs lengthened spine-like. Anterior band of fourth pair of ribs enlarged and lengthened into an extremely long spine.
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 02:32:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:32:28
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium Namuropyge demaneti (37130)