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Asteropyge

Description

Asteropyge is an extinct genus of trilobite. It lived from the end of the Lower Devonian (upper Emsian) into the Middle Devonian (lower and upper Eifelian), in what are today France (Armorican Massif), and Germany (Eifel area).


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4633489https://www.gbif.org/species/4633489
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21450https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21450
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Calmoniidae : Asteropyge
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Acastidae : Asteropyge
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
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyAcastoideaReijers 1972
familyAcastidaeDelo 1935
genusAsteropygeHawle & Corda 1847
Scientific NameAsteropyge Hawle & Corda, 1847
Name Published InProd. Mon. Böhm. Trilob.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Asteropygegenusbelongs to Acastidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Asteropygegenusbelongs to Phacopidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance388 - 384 Ma
Middle Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Acastidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Phacopina)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow 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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteropyge

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Asteropyge lauchensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Asteropyge remscheidensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Asteropyge schoeneckenensis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Asteropyge Hawle and Corda
2002Asteropyge Jell and Adrain p. 345
2002Asteropyge Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
Prod. Mon. Böhm. Trilob. - 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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