Hammannopyge

Hammannopyge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Cheiruridae
Genus: Hammanopyge
Pribyl & Vanek in Pribyl et al., 1985

Hammanopyge is a trilobite in the order Phacopida (family Cheiruridae), that existed during the upper Ordovician in what is now Scotland. It was described by Pribyl and Vanek in 1985, and the type species is Hammanopyge unica, which was originally described under the genus Acidaspis by Thomson in 1857. The type locality was the Balclatchie Formation.[1]

References

  1. Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.

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