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Asteropyge

Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae

Taxonomy
Asteropyge was named by Hawle and Corda (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 983,1106]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Acastidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asteropyginae by Van Viersen et al. (2019).

Species
A. (Asteropyge), A. (Comura)
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. comes, A. jani, A. perforata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Asteropyge Hawle and Corda
2002Asteropyge Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Asteropyge Sepkoski
2019Asteropyge Van Viersen et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoidea
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
subfamilyAsteropyginaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle and Corda 1847

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. †Asteropyge Hawle and Corda 1847
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Subg. †Asteropyge (Asteropyge) Hawle and Corda 1847
Subg. †Asteropyge (Comura) Richter 1926
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (Anti-Atlas) A. sp. 1 (136445 136448)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Hessen) A. sp. (38351)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Comura defensor (188762 188763)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Spain (Aragon) Comura cometa (40429) Comura defensor (40431)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Poland A. jani (164486)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Comura sp. (208204)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9France (Alsace) A. perforata, Comura cancer, Comura echinata, Comura tuberculata (40069) Comura granulispina (40064 40065) Comura kervezensis, Comura defensor (40067)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Comura viator (229637)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Aragon) A. cantarmorica (40437) A. perforata (40435)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) A. plana, A. lauchensis (188764) A. punctata, A. comes (188766)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco A. sp. (27124)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium A. comes (223279)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7France (Alsace) A. cantarmorica (40070) A. quelernensis (40071)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.3 - 383.7Germany (Sauerland) Comura gruenensis (229633)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. punctata (75587)