Thysanopyge

Thysanopyge is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived in what is now South America during the early part of the Arenig stage of the Ordovician Period,[1] a faunal stage which lasted from approximately 478 to 471 million years ago.[1]

Thysanopyge
Temporal range: Early Arenig
~478–450 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Asaphidae
Genus: †Thysanopyge
Kayser 1898
Species
  • T. argentina Kayser 1898 (type)
  • T. clavijoi Harrington & Leanza 1957
  • T. latelimbata Harrington & Leanza 1957

Distribution

Fossils of Thysanopyge have been found in:[2]

Argentina
  • Acoite Formation
  • Las Aguaditas Formation
  • Santa Rosita Formation
Bolivia
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References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. Thysanopyge at Fossilworks.org

Further reading
  • H. J. Harrington and A. F. Leanza. 1957. Ordovician trilobites of Argentina. Department of Geology, University of Kansas Special Publication. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press 1:1-276
  • A. Pribyl and J. Vanek. 1980. Ordovician trilobites of Bolivia. Rozpravy Ceskoslovenske Akademie Ved. Rada Matematickych a Prirodnich Ved. Academia Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia 90(2):1-90
  • R. Suárez Soruco. 1976. El sistema ordovícico en Bolivia. Revista Tecnica YPF Bolivia 5(2):111-123
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