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Acropyge encrinuroides

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudophillipsia (Anisopyge) encrinuroides was named by Weber (1944). Its type specimen is VSEGEI 83-5217, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Acropyge encrinuroides by Lerosey-Aubril (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Pseudophillipsia (Anisopyge) encrinuroides Weber p. 14 figs. Pl 2, figs 11a, b
1978Acropyge lanceolata Kobayashi and Hamada p. 160 fig. 5
1984Acropyge lanceolata Kobayashi and Hamada p. 73 figs. Pl 14, fig 5
2012Acropyge encrinuroides Lerosey-Aubril figs. 3a, d, g, j, m

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusAcropyge
speciesencrinuroides(Weber 1944)

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.

Acropyge encrinuroides Weber 1944
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Invalid names: Acropyge lanceolata Kobayashi and Hamada 1978 [synonym]
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran Acropyge lanceolata (110412)