Biology:Acanthopyge
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Short description: Extinct genus of trilobites
| Acanthopyge | |
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| Acanthopyge sp., Devonian, Morocco | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Lichida |
| Family: | †Lichidae |
| Genus: | †Acanthopyge Hawle & Corda, 1847 |
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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
- ↑ Whittington, H.B. (1956). "Beecher's Lichid Protaspis and Acanthopyge consanguinea (Trilobita)". Journal of Paleontology 30 (5): 1200–1204.
- ↑ "About fake A. sp.". http://www.paleodirect.com/faketrilobites5.htm.
- ↑ "A. consanguinea". http://www.fossilmuseum.net/Fossil_Galleries/TrilobitesOklahoma/acanthopyge/acanthopyge.htm.
Sources
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4672032 entry
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