Anisopyge | |
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A. perannulata fossil fragments | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Proetida |
Family: | † Phillipsiidae |
Subfamily: | † Ditomopyginae |
Genus: | † Anisopyge |
Anisopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the order Proetida and family Phillipsiidae. [2] Specimens have been found in Permian beds in North and Central America. [3] [4]
The genus was among the last surviving trilobite groups. It may have evolved from Sevillea, diversifying to fill empty ecological niches. [4]
Anisopyge | |
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A. perannulata fossil fragments | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | † Trilobita |
Order: | † Proetida |
Family: | † Phillipsiidae |
Subfamily: | † Ditomopyginae |
Genus: | † Anisopyge |
Anisopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the order Proetida and family Phillipsiidae. [2] Specimens have been found in Permian beds in North and Central America. [3] [4]
The genus was among the last surviving trilobite groups. It may have evolved from Sevillea, diversifying to fill empty ecological niches. [4]