Asteropyge

Asteropyge Temporal range: Upper Emsian to Lower and Middle Eifelian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Trilobita
Order:	Phacopida
Suborder:	Phacopina
Superfamily:	Acastoidea
Family:	Acastidae
Genus:	Asteropyge Hawle & Corda, 1847
species
A. punctata (Steininger, 1831) (type) synonym Olenus punctatus A. lauchensis Basse, 2003 A. perforata olpensis (Basse, 2003) A. perforata perforata Morzadec, 2003 A. plana Basse, 2003 A. pruemensis Basse, 2003 A. remscheidensis Basse, 2003 A. schoeneckenensis Basse, 2003

Asteropyge is an extinct genus of trilobite. It lived from the end of the Lower Devonian (upper Emsian) into the Middle Devonian (lower and upper Eifelian), in what are today France (Armorican Massif), and Germany (Eifel area).^[1]

References

↑ Bignon, Arnaud; Crônier, Catherine (2013). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Devonian subfamily Asteropyginae (Trilobita: Phacopida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology: 1–32. doi:10.1080/14772019.2013.804008.

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