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Ditomopyge

Ditomopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae. It was extant during the Carboniferous and Permian and is widely distributed, with fossils found in Europe, southwest Asia, southeast Asia, Australia, North America, and South America.

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Ditomopyge
Temporal range: Carboniferous-Permian
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Ditomopyge decurtata fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: †Ditomopyginae
Genus: †Ditomopyge
Newell, 1931
Species

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Ditomopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae.1 It was extant during the Carboniferous and Permian23 and is widely distributed, with fossils found in Europe,45 southwest Asia,6 southeast Asia,3 Australia,7 North America,89210 and South America.11

Species

  • Ditomopyge amorni Kobayashi and Hamada, 19793
  • Ditomopyge bjornensis Ormiston, 19739
  • Ditomopyge decurtata Gheyselinck, 193710
  • Ditomopyge dereimsi Arellano, 198311
  • Ditomopyge fatmii Grant, 19666
  • Ditomopyge granulata Weber, 19332
  • Ditomopyge kumpani Weber, 19335
  • Ditomopyge meridionalis Teichert, 19447
  • Ditomopyge ovalis Gauri, 19654
  • Ditomopyge scitula Meek and Worthen, 18658
  • Ditomopyge whitei Pabian and Faberstrom, 19728
  • Ditomopyge yampupatensis Arellano, 198311
References

References

  1. Owens, R.M. (2003). "The stratigraphical distribution and extinctions of Permian trilobites". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 70: 377–397.
  2. Chamberlain, C.K. (1977). "Carboniferous and Permian trilobites from Ellesmere Island and Alaska". Journal of Paleontology. 51 (4): 758–771. JSTOR 1303742.
  3. Kobayashi, T.; Hamada, T. (1979). "Permo-Carboniferous trilobites from Thailand and Malaysia". Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia. 20: 1–21.
  4. Gauri, K.L. (1965). "Uralian stratigraphy, Trilobites and Brachiopods of the western Carnic Alps (Austria)" (PDF). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 11: 1–94. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  5. Hahn, G.; Hahn, R.; Ramovs, A. (1970). "Perm-Trilobiten aus Slowenien, NW-Jugoslawien". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 51 (4): 331–333.
  6. Grant, R.E. (1966). "Late Permian trilobites from the Salt Range, West Pakistan". Palaeontology. 9 (1): 64–73.
  7. Teichert, C. (1944). "Permian trilobites from Western Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 18 (5): 455–463. JSTOR 1299036.
  8. Pabian, R.K.; Fagerstrom, J.A. (1972). "Late Paleozoic trilobites from southeastern Nebraska". Journal of Paleontology. 46 (6): 789–816. JSTOR 1302937.
  9. Ormiston, A.R. (1973). "Lower Permian trilobites from northern Yukon Territory and Ellesmere Island, district of Franklin". Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin. 222: 129–140.
  10. Brezinski, David K. (November 1992). "Permian trilobites from West Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 66 (6): 924–943. Bibcode:1992JPal...66..924B. doi:10.1017/S0022336000021028. S2CID 130757075.
  11. Arellano, J. (1983). "Trilobites del Permico inferior de Bolivia" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines. 12: 91–102. doi:10.3406/bifea.1983.1568. S2CID 254320388. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.