| Ditomopyge | |
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| Ditomopyge decurtata fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | † Artiopoda |
| Class: | † Trilobita |
| Order: | † Proetida |
| Family: | † Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | † Ditomopyginae |
| Genus: | † Ditomopyge |
| Species | |
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Ditomopyge is an extinct genus of trilobite belonging to the family Proetidae. [1] It was extant during the Carboniferous and Permian [2] [3] and is widely distributed, with fossils found in Europe, [4] [5] southwest Asia, [6] southeast Asia, [3] Australia, [7] North America, [8] [9] [2] [10] and South America. [11]