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Proceratopyge ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4635714	https://www.gbif.org/species/4635714
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20136	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20136

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Ceratopygidae : Proceratopyge

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	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Ceratopygidae	Raymond 1913
genus	Proceratopyge	Wallerius 1895

Scientific Name

Proceratopyge Wallerius, 1895

Name Published In

Undersökn. Zonen Agnostus Vestergötland, Lund

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proceratopyge	genus	belongs to Ceratopygidae	stated without evidence	Harrington and Leanza, 1957
Proceratopyge	genus	belongs to Ceratopygidae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1958
Proceratopyge	genus	belongs to Asaphida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Proceratopyge	genus	belongs to Ceratopygidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

505 - 499 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Asaphida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Ceratopygidae)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Asaphida)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Proceratopyge (Lopnorites) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		23	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge (Sinoproceratopyge) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		48	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge changshanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratopyge conifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	505 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge constrictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratopyge cylindrica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge distensa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge distincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratopyge fenghwangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge fuyangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge incondita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge kiangshanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratopyge longa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	494 Ma Cambrian	494 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge mirabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge nathorsti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge promisca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge protracta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	501 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge sinuata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proceratopyge tenuita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge truncata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge waergangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Proceratopyge zhejiangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1895	Proceratopyge Wallerius p. 57
1957	Proceratopyge Harrington and Leanza
1958	Proceratopyge Henningsmoen
2000	Proceratopyge Bao and Jago
2002	Proceratopyge Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002	Proceratopyge Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Harrington H. J., Leanza A. F. (1957) Ordovician trilobites of Argentina, Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1, 1-276

Henningsmoen G. (1958) The Upper Cambrian faunas of Norway\r\nWith Descriptions of Non-Olenid Invertebrate Fossils, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 180-194

Bao J.-S., Jago J.B. (2000) Late Late Cambrian trilobites from near Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania, Palaeontology 43 5, 881-917

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Undersökn. Zonen Agnostus Vestergötland, Lund - 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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