Atractopyge
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Phacopida |
| Family: | †Encrinuridae |
| Genus: | †Atractopyge Hawle and Corda, 1847 |
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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 to 412.3 mya, existing for approximately 59.7 million years.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Atractopyge was named by Hawle and Corda (1847).[3] Jell and Adrain (2003) list it as a currently valid genus name within the Phacopida, specifically within the Encrinuridae.[4]
Fossil distribution
[edit | edit source]Fossil distribution is confined to the strata of the Early Llanvirn to Rawtheyan ages. Fossils have been recovered from Yunnan Province, China to the Stinchar River, United Kingdom to Ringerike, Norway.
History
[edit | edit source]A cranidium of Atractopyge was already illustrated by the Welsh scientist Edward Lhuyd in 1698.[5]
The species xipheres is commonly referenced as A. Xipheres (Öpik, 1937), particularly on commercial websites. However, Öpik first described the species in 1925 as Cybele xiphere (Öpik, 1925, pp. 11, fig. 1: 10, 11)[6] and later (1937, pp. 121, fig. VII 3; XXI 3, 4) described the species as Cybele (Atractopyge) xipheres sp. nov.[7]
References
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- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Atractopyge, basic info
- ^ Hawle, I. & Corda, A. J. C. 1847. Prodrom einer Monographie der böhmischen Trilobiten. J. C. Calve, Prague.
- ^ Jell, P. A. and Adrain J. M. 2003. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2): 331 - 553.
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- ^ Öpik, A. A. 1925. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Kukruse-(C2-) Stufe in Eesti. I. Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis VIII, 5, 1 - 18.
- ^ Öpik, A. A. 1937. Trilobiten aus Estland. Acta Comment. Univ. Tartuensis, A, 32 (3), 1 – 163, pls. 1 – 26.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Encrinurus in the Paleobiology Database
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