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Asteropyginae

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Acastidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Asteropyginae Delo
2000Asteropyginae Carvalho and Moody p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935

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.

Subfm. †Asteropyginae Delo 1935
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G. †Alcaldops Arbizu 1979
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†Alcaldops alcaldei Arbizu 1977
†Alcaldops camfroutensis Morzadec 1983
†Alcaldops renaudae Morzadec 1983
†Alcaldops troaonensis Morzadec 1983
G. †Asteropyge Hawle and Corda 1847
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Subg. †Asteropyge (Asteropyge) Hawle and Corda 1847
Subg. †Asteropyge (Comura) Richter 1926
†Asteropyge comes Basse 2003
†Asteropyge lauchensis Basse 2003
†Asteropyge perforata Morzadec 1969
†Asteropyge plana Basse 2003
†Asteropyge punctata Steininger 1831
G. †Bradocryphaeus Haas and Mensink 1970
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†Bradocryphaeus briceae Morzadec 1988
†Bradocryphaeus echinatus Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
†Bradocryphaeus feisti Morzadec 1992
†Bradocryphaeus fiacrensis Morzadec 1976
†Bradocryphaeus kermanensis Morzadec et al. 2002
†Bradocryphaeus laomedeia Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
†Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi Richter and Richter 1926
†Bradocryphaeus mosanus Richter and Richter 1926
†Bradocryphaeus neptuni Van Viersen and Bignon 2011
†Bradocryphaeus nodosa Morzadec 1983
†Bradocryphaeus vanherlei Van Viersen and Bignon 2011
†Bradocryphaeus zornensis Morzadec 1983
G. †Destombesina Morzadec 1997
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†Destombesina schumacherorum Basse and Mueller 2016
G. †Dunopyge Struve 1998
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†Dunopyge drevermanni Richter 1909
†Dunopyge lebanzaensis Smeenk 1983
G. †Gandlops Bignon and Crônier 2013
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†Gandlops brevispinosus Gandl 1972
†Gandlops ogivalis Morzadec 1976
†Gandlops tamnrherta Chatterton et al. 2006
G. †Ganetops Bignon et al. 2014
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†Ganetops djemelensis Morzadec 1997
†Ganetops ebbae Richter and Richter 1954
†Ganetops gerrinensis Timm 1978
†Ganetops lata Timm 1978
G. †Heliopyge Haas and Mensink 1970
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†Heliopyge helios Richter and Richter 1926
†Heliopyge sharudensis Pillet 1974
G. †Jaylopygiella Basse 2003
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†Jaylopygiella debruni van Viersen 2013
†Jaylopygiella medusa Basse 2003
G. †Metacanthina Pillet 1954
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†Metacanthina asnoensis Gandl 1972
†Metacanthina barrandei de Tromelin and Lebesconte 1876
†Metacanthina issoumourensis Morzadec 2001
G. †Minicryphaeus Bignon and Crônier 2014
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†Minicryphaeus giganteus Bignon et al. 2014
†Minicryphaeus minimus Morzadec 2001
†Minicryphaeus sarirus Morzadec 2001
G. †Morzadecops Bignon and Crônier 2014
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†Morzadecops matutina Gandl 1972
†Morzadecops zguidensis Morzadec 2001
G. †Pennarbedops Bignon and Crônier 2014
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†Pennarbedops babini Morzadec 1983
G. †Platykardiapyge Van Viersen and Kloc 2022
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†Platykardiapyge maderensis Morzadec 2001
†Platykardiapyge wallacei Termier and Termier 1950
G. †Quadratispina Gandl 1972
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†Quadratispina excelsa Van Viersen and Vanherle 2018
†Quadratispina hispanica Richter and Richter 1926
G. †Radiopyge Farsan 1981
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†Radiopyge hamedii Morzadec et al. 2002
†Radiopyge heratensis Farsan 1981
G. †Rhenops Richter and Richter 1943
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†Rhenops hammerschmidti Richter and Richter 1939
†Rhenops odremani Carvalho and Moody 2000
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: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-15 22:42:55
Modified: 2009-12-16 00:42:55
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 414.60000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02Spain (León) Treveropyge ebbae (234796)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Treveropyge ebbae (23362)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco Treveropyge ebbae (13936)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Poland Treveropyge ebbae (13878)
Late/Upper Lochkovian - Siegen414.6 - 410.62Spain Metacanthina jonesi, Metacanthina aequisulcata, Treveropyge wallacei (40504)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Asteropyge sp. 1 (136445 136448) Minicryphaeus giganteus (234797) Pseudocryphaeus minimus (136452 136453)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco (South) Metacanthina issoumourensis (229390) Metacanthina maderensis (235100)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Asteropyginae indet. (27060 27062 27068) Metacanthina hammerschmidti (13939)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Spain (Aragon) Metacanthina sp. (40400)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Spain Pilletina matutina (234799) Treveropyge lebanzaensis (234800)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Spain (Palencia) Treveropyge lebanzaensis (234794)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Türkiye (Istanbul) Metacanthina asiatica, Metacanthina hammerschmidti (32470)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Mauritania Asteropyginae indet. (27334)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Asteropyginae indet. (40348)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Asteropyge sp. (26904)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Metacanthina sp., Pilletina zguidensis (150580)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Spain (Aragon) Metacanthina asnoensis (40403)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Comura defensor (188762 188763)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Moravia) Asteropyginae indet. (25100)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Spain (Palencia) Metacanthina sp., Metacanthina asnoensis (40349)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco Asteropyginae indet. (27070 27117)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France (Alsace) Pseudocryphaeus ogivalis (40505) Rhenops lethaeae (40062)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Germany (Hessen) Asteropyge sp. (38351)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Spain (Palencia) Metacanthina sp. (40352)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47France (Alsace) Comura cancer, Comura echinata, Comura tuberculata, Asteropyge perforata (40069) Comura granulispina (40064) Comura granulispina, Rhenops babini (40065) Comura kervezensis, Comura defensor (40067) Rhenops lethaeae, Rhenops redonesianus (40063)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco Asteropyginae indet. (27071 27072 27144) Comura sp., Destombesina tafilaltensis (208204) Kayserops tamnrherta (181542 219184) Metacanthina asiatica, Asteropyginae indet. (27069)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Poland Asteropyge jani (164486)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Luxembourg Dunopyge drevermanni (232220)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Germany Destombesina schumacherorum (202942)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) Comura cometa (40429) Comura defensor, Kayserops brevispinosus (40431) Rhenops sp. (40408)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Algeria Asteropyginae indet. (27145)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco Asteropyginae indet. (27114)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Sauerland) Geesops perforatus (229643)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95France (Alsace) Heliopyge camfroutensis (40071) Heliopyge troaonensis (40070)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (England) Greenops perforatus (223260)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Asteropyge comes, Asteropyge punctata (188766) Asteropyge lauchensis, Asteropyge plana (188764)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Spain (Aragon) Heliopyge n. sp. C, Asteropyge perforata (40435) Heliopyge sp. (40437)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Asteropyge sp. (27124) Asteropyginae indet. (27146)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium Asteropyge comes (223279)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Germany (Sauerland) Comura gruenensis (229633)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany Comura bergica (235170)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) Comura bergica (235165)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France (Alsace) Heliopyge camfroutensis, Heliopyge renaudae (40072) Heliopyge nodosa (40074) Heliopyge renaudae (40073) Heliopyge sp. 1, Heliopyge sp. 2 (40075)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain (Aragon) Neocalmonia mosana (40444) Neocalmonia quadratispinosa (40446)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) Neocalmonia heratensis, Neocalmonia mariamae, Neocalmonia pentacosta (70144)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Venezuela (Zulia) Rhenops odremani (70676 70677)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Iran Heliopyge sharudensis (223341)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Asteropyge punctata (75587)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain Neocalmonia iberia (27713)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Belgium Heliopyge helios (234783) Quadratispina excelsa (234782)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Bradocryphaeus sp. 1, Heliopyge sp., Heliopyge briceae, Bradocryphaeus fiacrensis (38812) Bradocryphaeus sp. 2, Bradocryphaeus fiacrensis, Heliopyge zornensis (38687) Heliopyge briceae (38690)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain Neocalmonia iberica (27714)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain (Léon) Bradocryphaeus matallanensis (234792)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran Bradocryphaeus kermanensis, Radiopyge hamedii (223340)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Spain (Castille & Léon) Bradocryphaeus hispanicus, Heliopyge asturica (234789) Heliopyge asturica (234791)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian382.31 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Bradocryphaeus echinatus, Bradocryphaeus mosanus (234785) Bradocryphaeus mosanus (234786)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian382.31 - 375.2Belgium Bradocryphaeus maillieuxi, Bradocryphaeus vanherlei, Heliopyge helios (223258)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) Neocalmonia heratensis (70146 70147 70150 70155)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France (Alsace) Heliopyge porsguenensis (40077) Heliopyge sp. 3, Heliopyge helios (40079) Heliopyge zornensis (40078)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain Neocalmonia iberica (27615)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Libya Asteropyginae indet. (36198)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86France (Alsace) Bradocryphaeus fiacrensis (40080)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Couvin) Bradocryphaeus laomedeia (234781) Bradocryphaeus neptuni (158088)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Belgium (Namur) Bradocryphaeus neptuni, Bradocryphaeus laomedeia (234779)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Iran Radiopyge heratensis (223344)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) Bradocryphaeus feisti (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium Bradocryphaeus Van Viersen & Vanherle 2018 sp. N (234777) Bradocryphaeus neptuni (234787)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) Bradocryphaeus neptuni (234788)