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Hexacopyge

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4666915https://www.gbif.org/species/4666915
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)369817https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=369817
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Hexacopyge
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyRemopleurididaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusHexacopygeYuan & Zhou 1998
Scientific NameHexacopyge Yuan & Zhou, 1998
Name Published InActa Palaeontol Sin 37 (3), July
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hexacopygegenusbelongs to Remopleurididaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance453 - 445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Remopleurididae)
Visionwell-developed (based on Remopleurididae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Asaphida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)S. T. Turvey and Z. Y. Zhou. 2002. Arenig trilobite associations of Daping, Yichang, Hubei, South China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41(1):10-18

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hexacopyge nasuta
species
listed (PBDB)12479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Remopleurides nasutus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Hexacopyge Jell and Adrain p. 384

References

Turvey S. T., Zhou Z. Y. (2002) Arenig trilobite associations of Daping, Yichang, Hubei, South China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 41 1, 10-18
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Palaeontol Sin 37 (3), July - 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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