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Phylogeny of the Trilobite Subgenus Acanthopyge (Lobopyge)
Author(s) -
Ebach Malte C.,
Ahyong Shane T.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2001.tb00107.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , trilobite , cladistics , phylogenetics , biology , synonym (taxonomy) , zoology , devonian , evolutionary biology , taxonomy (biology) , paleontology , ordovician , genus , genetics , gene
Cladistic analysis of the trilobite subgenus Acanthopyge (Lobopyge) has not been previously attempted, apart from an inferred phylogeny of the Lichida by Thomas and Holloway (1988, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London B Biol. Sci. 321, 179–262). Results of two separate analyses with variable taxonomic sampling show a possible cosmopolitan affinity for Australian Devonian species of A. (Lobopyge) and corroborate the placement of A. (Lobopyge) rohri in A. (Lobopyge) . Benelopyge is a junior subjective synonym of A. (Lobopyge) .