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Diceratopyge
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ceratopygacea
Family:
Ceratopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diceratopyge TROEDSSON, 1937
Type Species:
D. mobergi
Images
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Fig. 272, 2. *D. mobergi, U. Cam., China(T'ien-Shan), pyg., x3 (301)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
C.Asia, China(T'ien-Shan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
498.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
486.85
Description
"Differs from Ceratopyge in having parallel-sided glabella without glabellar furrows and with rounded front, and more slender pygidial spines originating from posterior pleural band of 2nd segment"
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ceratopygacea
Family:
Ceratopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diceratopyge TROEDSSON, 1937
Type Species:
D. mobergi
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 272, 2. *D. mobergi, U. Cam., China(T'ien-Shan), pyg., x3 (301)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
C.Asia, China(T'ien-Shan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Guzhangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
50
Beginning Date:
498.75
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Upper Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 10
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
486.85
Description
"Differs from Ceratopyge in having parallel-sided glabella without glabellar furrows and with rounded front, and more slender pygidial spines originating from posterior pleural band of 2nd segment"