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Ceratopygidae
Taxonomy
Ceratopygidae was named by Linnarsson (1869). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Asaphacea by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968) and Bao and Jago (2000).
It was assigned to Asaphacea by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Whittington et al. (1997); and to Agnostida by Robison and Pantoja-Alor (1968) and Bao and Jago (2000).
Subtaxa
Aplotaspis, Asiocephalus, Ceratopyge, Charchaqia, Diceratopyge, Dichelepyge, Haniwoides, Hedinaspis (syn. Hedinia), Hunanopyge, Hysterolenus, Macropyge (syn. Lichapyge), Nannopeltis, Onychopyge (syn. Prionopyge), Proceratopyge, Pseudohysterolenus, Pseudoyuepingia, Tamdaspis (syn. Psiloyuepingia), Tropidopyge, Yuepingia, Yuepingioides
Sister taxa
Alsataspididae, Andrarinidae, Anomocarellidae, Anomocaridae, Aphelaspididae, Asaphidae, Auritamidae, Bohemillidae, Cyclopygidae, Dikelocephalidae, Dikelocephalinidae, Dionididae, Eurekiidae, Hungaiidae, Idahoiidae, Liostracinidae, Monkaspididae, Nileidae, Parabolinoididae, Pterocephaliidae, Ptychaspididae, Raphiophoridae, Remopleuridae, Remopleurididae, Rhyssometopidae, Richardsonellidae, Saukiidae, Taihungshaniidae, Trinucleidae
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1869 | Ceratopygidae Linnarsson |
| 1957 | Ceratopygidae Harrington and Leanza |
| 1968 | Ceratopygidae Robison and Pantoja-Alor p. 783 |
| 1997 | Ceratopygidae Whittington et al. p. 301 |
| 2000 | Ceratopygidae Bao and Jago pp. 887. 892 |
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