Acanthopyge
Extinct genus of trilobites
Acanthopyge Temporal range: Middle Silurian to Middle Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Acanthopyge sp., Devonian, Morocco | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | †Trilobita |
Order: | †Lichida |
Family: | †Lichidae |
Genus: | †Acanthopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Euarges, Mephiarges, Diplolichas, Lobopyge |
Acanthopyge is an extinct genus of lichid trilobite that lived during the Devonian. Very few A. consanguinea from the Devonian of Oklahoma have been found, and only a handful of complete specimens from Morocco, and many so-called Acanthopyge-specimens from Morocco are fake.[2][3]
References
Sources
- Photos of A. consanguinea
- Trilobite info (Sam Gon III)
External links
- Trilobite info (Sam Gon III)
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