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Anisopyge

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Anisopyge was named by Girty (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-l P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 624]. Its type is Phillipsia perannulata.

It was reranked as Pseudophillipsia (Anisopyge) by Weber (1944).

It was assigned to Pseudophillipsia by Weber (1944); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ditomopyginae by Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Anisopyge Girty
1944Pseudophillipsia (Anisopyge) Weber
2002Anisopyge Jell and Adrain p. 342
2002Anisopyge Sepkoski
2003Anisopyge Owens p. 381

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

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.

G. †Anisopyge Girty 1909
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†Anisopyge cooperi Brezinski 1992
†Anisopyge hyperbola Chamberlain 1972
†Anisopyge inornata Girty 1909
†Anisopyge perannulata Shumard 1858
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Utah) A. sp. (10651)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) A. sp. (10653)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) A. perannulata (43589 75881)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (New Mexico) A. inornata (233342)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Arizona) A. inornata (89629)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Nevada) A. sp. (10472 10640 10647)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) A. inornata (41517) A. perannulata (41515)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala (Huehuetenango) A. hyperbola (41537)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) A. cooperi (43512) A. perannulata (43548 43551 43553 81645 101783 102604 102605 102607 102610 108822 108832)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Arizona) A. inornata (105408 105416 105418) A. sp. (80922 80923)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. perannulata (108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) A. perannulata (183476)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) A. perannulata (43550 101867 102619 102626)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) A. perannulata (102609 102622 102625 102628 102629 132281)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) A. perannulata (102618 102624 108801 108812) Phillipsia perannulata (133736)