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Atractopyge ✝
| Description | Atractopyge is a genus of trilobites that lived in what would be Asia and Europe from the middle Ordovician to the early Devonian from 472—412.3 mya, existing for approximately 59.7 million years. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atractopyge, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Encrinuridae : Atractopyge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Atractopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 468 - 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atractopyge |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Atractopyge brevicauda ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge confusa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge dalmani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge dentata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge killochanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge kutorgae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge michelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Atractopyge pauli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Atractopyge progemma ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge rex ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Atractopyge thor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Atractopyge vardiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Atractopyge verrucosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Atractopyge xipheres species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1847 | Atractopyge Hawle and Corda |
| 1961 | Atractopyge Nikolaisen |
| 1981 | Cybellela Bruton and Harper p. 172 |
| 1981 | Atractopyge Owen |
| 1982 | Atractopyge Owen and Harper |
| 1991 | Atractopyge Kielan-Jaworowska et al. |
| 2002 | Atractopyge Jell and Adrain p. 345 |
| 2002 | Cybellela Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Atractopyge Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Cybellela Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
