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Dichelepyge
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ceratopygacea
Family:
Ceratopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dichelepyge Harrington & LEANZA, 1952
Type Species:
D. pasquali
Images
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Fig. 272, 1. *D. pasquali, Salta, cran. and 3 thoracic segments, x6.5 (58)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arg.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc)
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc)
Ending International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
477.08
Description
"wider cranidium", "tapering glabella with 3 pairs of well-defined lateral furrows", "anterior region of fixigenae crossed by corner furrow in continuation of preglabellar furrow", "wider posterior region of fixigenae", "palpebral lobes slightly in front of glabellar center", "less diverging anterior sections of facial sutures", "thoracic segments with extremely oblique proximal part of pleural furrows and long pleural spines", "pygidium with concave border, strongly marked segmentation throughout, and 1st and 2nd segment terminating in obliquely backward-directed pleural spines"
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Unknown
Class:
Trilobata
Order:
Ptychopariida
Superfamily:
Ceratopygacea
Family:
Ceratopygidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dichelepyge Harrington & LEANZA, 1952
Type Species:
D. pasquali
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 272, 1. *D. pasquali, Salta, cran. and 3 thoracic segments, x6.5 (58)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Arg.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc)
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Ord.(Tremadoc)
Ending International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
477.08
Description
"wider cranidium", "tapering glabella with 3 pairs of well-defined lateral furrows", "anterior region of fixigenae crossed by corner furrow in continuation of preglabellar furrow", "wider posterior region of fixigenae", "palpebral lobes slightly in front of glabellar center", "less diverging anterior sections of facial sutures", "thoracic segments with extremely oblique proximal part of pleural furrows and long pleural spines", "pygidium with concave border, strongly marked segmentation throughout, and 1st and 2nd segment terminating in obliquely backward-directed pleural spines"