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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


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Fossil Image
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




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