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Dorypygidae ✝

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Description

Dorypygidae is a family of trilobite belonging to the order Corynexochida.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorypygidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4636700	https://www.gbif.org/species/4636700
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	95207	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=95207

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Corynexochida	Kobayashi 1935
suborder	Corynexochina	Kobayashi 1935
family	Dorypygidae	Kobayashi 1935

Scientific Name

Dorypygidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dorypygidae	family	belongs to Corynexochida	stated without evidence	Palmer and Halley, 1979
Dorypygidae	family	belongs to Corynexochida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Dorypygidae	family	belongs to Corynexochida	stated without evidence	Eddy and McCollum, 1998
Dorypygidae	family	belongs to Corynexochina	stated with evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Corynexochida)

Vision

well-developed

Diet

carnivore (based on Corynexochida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Eddy and L. B. McCollum. 1998. Early Middle Cambrian Albertella biozone trilobites of the Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):864-887

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorypygidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dorypyginae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		257	541 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Atdabanella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Basocephalus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	505 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Bathyuriscus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		62	516 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Bonnaria ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Bonnia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	541 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Bonniella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Bonnima ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Bonniopsis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	530 Ma Cambrian	530 Ma Cambrian
Dorypyge ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		78	520 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Dorypygina ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	513 Ma Cambrian	505 Ma Cambrian
Fordaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	520 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Holyoakia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	520 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Kooteniella ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	516 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Mengzia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Ogygopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	530 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Olenoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		130	516 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Protypus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	530 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Shipaiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	516 Ma Cambrian	516 Ma Cambrian
Strettonia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	520 Ma Cambrian	520 Ma Cambrian
Hicksia hispanica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Dorypygidae Kobayashi
1951	Ogygopsididae Rasetti p. 190
1979	Dorypygidae Palmer and Halley p. 81
1997	Dorypygidae Whittington et al. p. 298
1998	Dorypygidae Eddy and McCollum p. 869
2008	Dorypygidae Landing et al. p. 897
2009	Dorypygidae Pour and Popov
2011	Dorypygidae Adrain p. 105

References

Eddy J. D., McCollum L. B. (1998) Early Middle Cambrian Albertella biozone trilobites of the Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 72 5, 864-887

Palmer A. R., Halley R. B. (1979) Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047, 1-131

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Landing E., Johnson S. C., et al (2008) Faunas and Cambrian volcanism on the Avalonian marginal platform, southern New Brunswick, Journal of Paleontology 82 5, 884-905

Pour M. G., Popov L. E. (2009) Silicified Middle Cambrian trilobites from Kyrgystan, Palaeontology 52 5, 1039-1056

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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