30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France
30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France 30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France

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30338 - Top Rare 1.33 Inch Asteropyge stellifera Devonian Trilobite - France

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Species
† Asteropyge stellifera
Age
Devonian, (~390 Million Years)
Location
Vireux, France
Formation
Vireux Devonian Outcrops
Size
33.7 mm   •    in
Weight
300 g   •    oz
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Description
Asteropyge, Hawle and Corda 1847 (trilobite)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Acastidae
 
PaleoDB taxon number: 21450

Parent taxon: Acastidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acastava, Acaste, Acastella, Acastellina, Acastocephala, Acastoides, Acastopyge, Alcaldops, Armorigreenops, Asteropyginae, Baniaspis, Bellacartwrightia, Bradocryphaeus, Braunops, Breizhops, Centauropyge, Chimaerastella, Coltraneia, Comura, Cryphina, Delocare, Deloops, Echinopyge, Greenops, Hallandclarkeops, Harringtonacaste, Heliopyge, Hollardops, Kayserops, Kennacryphaeus, Kloucekia, Llandovacaste, Metacanthina, Mimocryphaeus, Neocalmonia, Neometacanthus, Paracryphaeus, Phacopidina, Pilletina, Protacanthina, Pseudocryphaeus, Psychopyge, Scotiella, Sokhretia, Stummiana, Tolkienia, Treveropyge, Walliserops

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Environments: marine (6 collections), carbonate (1), offshore shelf (1)

Age range: 409.1 to 383.7 Ma

Distribution:

• Devonian of France (3 collections), Germany (4), Morocco (3), Spain (2)
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