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Acanthopyge
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Lichida
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Lichidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Acanthopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847
Type Species:
A. leuchtenbergii ( =Lichas haueri Barrande, 1846), SD REED, 1902
Images
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Fig. 395, 4. *A. haueri (Barrande), Koněprusy Ls., Boh., 4 a, b, ceph., dorsal, lateral, x0.8, 4 c, hypostoma, x1, 4 d, pyg., x0.8 (370).
Synonyms
Earges, Mephiarges, Diplolichas, Lobopyge, Nitidulopyge
Geographic Distribution
M.Sil.-M.Dev., Eu.-N.Am.-S.Am.-Asia-Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Area at base of median glabellar lobe strongly depressed, Librigenal spines slender, forwardly placed, deep subgenal notches in genae
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Lichida
Superfamily:
Dalmanitacea
Family:
Lichidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Acanthopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847
Type Species:
A. leuchtenbergii ( =Lichas haueri Barrande, 1846), SD REED, 1902
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 395, 4. *A. haueri (Barrande), Koněprusy Ls., Boh., 4 a, b, ceph., dorsal, lateral, x0.8, 4 c, hypostoma, x1, 4 d, pyg., x0.8 (370).
Synonyms
Earges, Mephiarges, Diplolichas, Lobopyge, Nitidulopyge
Geographic Distribution
M.Sil.-M.Dev., Eu.-N.Am.-S.Am.-Asia-Austral.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Sheinwoodian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
432.93
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Givetian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
378.9
Description
Area at base of median glabellar lobe strongly depressed, Librigenal spines slender, forwardly placed, deep subgenal notches in genae